New Song
Pete Townshend

You need a new song
I'll set the words up so they tear right at your soul
Don't take me too long
But there's a danger that I'll plagiarize something old

My fingers kill me as I play my guitar
'Cause I've been chewing down at my nails
My hairline ain't exactly superstar
But there's one trick that never fails
This never fails

I write the same old song with a few new lines
Everybody wants to cheer it
I write the same old song you heard a good few times
Admit you really want to hear it
Ah, yea

Whenever I see you
You try to treat me like I'm some kind of perfect man
Just 'cause I please you
You explain but you don't think I can understand

My head is spinning as I scrawl with my pen
'Cause I've been pouring vodka in my soul
Nothing really ever changes my friend
New lamps for old, new lamps for old

We hum the same old lines to a different crowd
Everybody's wanting to hear it
We run on endless time to reach a higher cloud
But we never ever seem to get near it

Turn on the radio, love is proclaimed
Again and again and again
Join in and sing now, don't be ashamed
Let it rain, let it rain, let it rain
Let it rain, let it rain, let it rain
Let it rain, let it rain

We need a new song
But why not sing the change
Underneath a harvest moon
The mood was all wrong
Who wanna see the rage
Somebody switched the tune

It's easy being obnoxious and queer
The difference could earn you fame
Nothings left unsaid, it's just another year
But we need shaken up just the same
Just the same

We sing the same old line, just like a vintage car
You can look but you won't ever drive it
We drink the same old wine from a brand new jar
Get hung over but we always survive it

Sing the same old song, sing the same old song
Like the same old song with a few new lines
Everybody wants to cheer it
Like the same old song, you heard a good few times
Admit you really want to hear it


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Lyrics by Pete Townshend

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  How To Transcend Duality And Influence People   I Am Afraid   I Am An Animal   I Am an Animal [Alternate Vocal][*]   I Am Secure   I Believe My Own Eyes   I Don't Even Know Myself   I Don't Even Know Myself   I Eat Heavy Metal   I Like It The Way It Is   I Put A Spell On You   I Want That Thing   I Won't Run Any More   I Won't Run Any More   I'm One   I'm One   Iron Man Recitative   It's In Ya   It's In Ya   Join Together   Jools And Jim   Just For A Moment   Keep Me Turning   Keep Me Turning [DVD]   Keep On Working   Keep on Working [Alternate Vocal][*]   La La La Lies   La-La Lies   Lantern Cabin   Lantern Cabin [*][Instrumental]   Let My Love Open The Door   Let's Get Pretentious   Let's See Action   Let's See Action (Nothing Is Everything)   Let's Get Pretentious   Let's See Action   Life To Life   Little Is Enough   Lonely Words   Long Live Rock   Love Ain't For Keeping   Love Ain't For Keeping   Love Reign O'er Me   Love Reign O'er Me   Magic Bus   Magic Bus   Magic Bus [*]   Man Machines   Man Watching   Mary   Mary Jane   Maxims For Lunch   Mediation   Meher   Meher Baba M3   Meher Baba M4   Meher Baba M4 - Signal Box   Meher Baba M4 (Signal Box)   Meher Baba M5 (Vivaldi)   Melancholia   Misunderstood   Misunderstood [DVD]   Music Must Change   My Baby Gives It Away   Never Ask Me   New Life (Reprise)   New Life/Reprise   Night School   Night School [#][*]   No Way Out (However Much I Booze)   North Country Girl   Nothing Is Everything (Let's See Action)   Now And Then   Now And Then (Reprise)   Nowhere To Run   O Parvardigar   On The Road Again   One Note   One Note - Epilogue   One Note (Prologue)   Outlive The Dinosaur   Over The Top   Overture   Parvardigar   Parvardigar (German Version)   Parvardigar [DVD Audio]   Parvardigar [DVD]   Piano: Tipperary   Pictures of Lily   Pinball Wizard   Politician   Popular   Praying the Game   Predictable   Prelude   Prelude #556   Prelude #556 [Live]   Prelude, The Right to Write   Psycho Montage   Psychomontage   Pure And Easy   Pure And Easy (New Version 1999)   Put The Money Down   Real World   Relay   Rough Boys   Rough Mix   Rough Mix [Instrumental]   Save It For Later   Save It for Later [#][*]   Sea & Sand   Sea & Sand   Secondhand Love   Secondhand Love [Live][*]   She's A Sensation   Sheraton Gibson   Sister Disco   Sleeping Dog   Sleeping Dog [*]   Slip Kid   Slit Skirts   So Sad About Us   Somebody Saved Me   Song Is Over   Squeeze Box   Squirm Squirm   Stardom In Action   Stardom In Acton   Stop Hurting People   Street In The City   Street in the City [DVD]   Substitute   Teenage Wasteland   Teresa   The A Friend Is A Friend   The All Shall Be Well   The Dig   The Fast Food   The Ferryman   The Fire   The I Eat Heavy Metal   The Kids Are Alright   The Love Man   The Love Man [*]   The Man Machines   The Over The Top   The Sea Refuses No River   The Seeker   The Seeker [*]   The Shout   There's A Heartache Following Me   There's A Heartache Following Me   There’s A Heartache Following Me   Things Have Changed   Three Steps To Heaven   Till The Rivers All Run Dry   Till the Rivers All Run Dry [DVD]   Time Is Passing   Time Is Passing [DVD Audio]   Time Is Passing [DVD]   Tommy   Too Much Of Any Thing   Uneasy Street   Uniforms   Uniforms (Corp D'Espirit)   Uniforms (Corp d'Esprit)   Vicious Interlude   Was There Life   White City   White City Fighting   Who Are You   Who Are You (Gateway Remix)   Without Your Love   Won't Get Fooled Again   Won't Get Fooled Again   You Better You Bet   You Came Back   You're So Clever   You're So Clever   Zelda

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