New Song — текст песни (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
Ahhhhhhhh 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