The Who Electric Proms

This programme contains some strong language.

APPLAUSE AND CHEERS

GUITAR CHORDS

CHEERS

# I got a feeling inside

# Can't explain

# It's a certain kind

# Can't explain

# I feel hot and cold

# Can't explain

# Yeah, down in my soul, yeah

# Can't explain

-# I said

-Can't explain

-I'm feeling good now, yeah

-# But

-Can't explain

-I'm dizzy in the head

# And I'm feeling bad The things you said

# Have got me real mad Getting funny dreams

# Again and again I know what it means but

# I can't explain I think it's love

# Try to say it to you When I feel blue

-# But I can't explain

-Can't explain

# Yeah, hear what I'm saying, girl

# Dizzy in my head And I'm feeling blue

# Things you said, girl Well maybe they're true

# I'm getting funny dreams Again and again

# I know what it means but

# I can't explain I think it's love

# Try to say it to you When I feel blue

-# But I can't explain

-Can't explain

-# You give me, one more time

-Can't explain

# Oo-ooh, oo-ooh, can't explain

# You drive me out of my mind

# Yeah, I'm the worrying kind

# I said I can't explain. #

CHEERS

# Who are you?

# Who-who, who-who?

# Who are you?

# Who-who, who-who?

# Who are you?

# Who-who, who-who?

# Who are you?

# Who-who, who-who?

# I woke in a Soho doorway A policeman knew my name

# He said, You can go sleep at home tonight

# If you can get up and walk away

# I staggered back to the Underground

# And the breeze blew back my hair

# I remember throwin' punches around

# And I was preachin' from my chair

-# But who are you?

-Who are you?

# Who-who, who-who?

-# Come on and tell me, who are you?

-Who are you?

# Who-who, who-who?

-# I really wanna know

-Who are you?

# Who-who, who-who?

-# Come on and tell me, who are you?

-Who are you?

-# Who-who, who-who?

-Oh

# I took the Tube back out of town

# I went back to the rolling pin

# I felt a little like a dying clown

# With a streak of rin-tin-tin

# I stretched back and I hiccupped

# And looked back on my busy day

# Eleven hours in the tin pan

# God, there's gotta be a better way

-# Well, who are you?

-Who are you?

# Who-who, who-who?

-# Come on and tell me, who are you?

-Who are you?

# Who-who, who-who?

-# I really wanna know

-Who are you?

# Who-who, who-who?

-# Oh, who the fuck are you?

-Who are you?

# Who-who, who-who?

# Come on and tell me, tell me, baby

-# Who-oo..

-Ooh-wah, ooh-wah, ooh-wah

-# Ooh-wah, ooh-wah, ooh-wah

-..Are you?

# Ooh-wah, ooh-wah, ooh-wah Ooh-wah, ooh-wah, ooh

# Ooh-wah, ooh-wah, ooh-wah

# Ooh-wah, ooh-wah, ooh

# Ooh-wah, ooh-wah, ooh-wah

# Ooh-wah, ooh-wah, ooh

# Ooh-wah, ooh-wah, ooh-wah

# Ooh-wah, ooh-wah, ooh

# Who are you?

# Who-who, who-who?

# Who are you?

# Who-who, who-who?

# Who are you?

# Who-who, who-who?

# Who are you?

# Who-who, who-who?

-# Tell me, who are you?

-Who are you?

# Who-who, who-who?

-# Cos I really wanna know

-Who are you?

# Who-who, who-who?

-# Come on and tell me, who are you?

-Who are you?

# Who-who, who-who?

-# Cos I really wanna know

-Who are you?

# Who-who, who-who?

# I know there's a place you walked

# Where love falls from the trees

# My heart is like a broken cup

# I only feel right on my knees

# I spit out like a sewer hole

# Yet still receive your kiss

# How can I measure up to anyone now

# After such a love as this?

-# Well, who are you?

-Who are you?

# Who-who, who-who?

-# Tell me, who are you?

-Who are you?

# Who-who, who-who?

-# Oh, I really wanna know

-Who are you?

# Who-who, who-who?

-# Come on and tell me, who are you?

-Who are you?

# Who-who, who-who?

-# Come on and tell me, tell me, tell me

-Who are you?

-# Yeah

-Who-who, who-who?

-# Oh, who the fuck are you?

-Who are you?

-# Hey

-Who-who, who-who?

-# Oh, tell me, tell me, tell me

-Who are you?

# Who-who, who-who?

-# I really wanna know

-Who are you?

# I really wanna know

# I really wanna know

# Come on and tell me, who are you, you, you?

# Who are you?

# Come on and tell me, who are you? #

CHEERS AND APPLAUSE

Well, they've done something wonderful with this building.

What a fantastic place.

This is a new song.

# We found this pile of paper

# Written by the ether man

# He hatched a mad old caper

# He had a mad old plan

# He'd turn us into music

# He'd show us to our portals

# He'd gather wire and angels

# To entertain immortals

# Out on the endless, endless

# Out on the endless wire

# Out on the endless, endless

# Out on the endless, endless

# Endless, endless wire

# Out on the endless, endless

# Out on the endless wire

# Out on the endless, endless

# Out on the endless wire. #

CHEERS AND APPLAUSE

# We got our folks together

# We broke down barriers

# We found a dream to dream

# We were the carriers

# We got rich and famous

# Papers at our door

# We talked a load of crap

# They just wanted more

-# We got a hit

-Good good news, we got a hit

-# We got a hit

-Good good news, we got a hit

-# We got a hit

-Good good news, we got a hit

-# We got a hit

-Good good news

# We got a hit

# We got a hit

# We got a hi-i-i-it

# We got our folks together

# We broke down barriers

# We found a dream to dream

# We were the carriers

# We were the carriers

-# We got a hit

-Good good news, we got a hit

-# We got a hit

-Good good news

-Hit! #

CHEERS AND APPLAUSE

CRASHING GUITAR CHORDS

# People try to put us down

# Talkin' 'bout my generation

# Just because we get around

# Talkin' 'bout my generation

# Things they do look awful c-c-cold

# Talkin' 'bout my generation

# Hope I die before I get old

# Talkin' 'bout my generation

# My generation

# My generation, baby

-# Why don't you all f-f-fade away?

-Talkin' 'bout my generation

# Don't try and dig what we all s-s-say

# Talkin' 'bout my generation

# I'm not tryin' to cause a b-b-big sensation

# Talkin' 'bout m-m-my my

# Talkin' 'bout my generation

# My generation

# Talkin' 'bout my generation, baby

# Why don't you all f-f-fade away?

# Talkin' 'bout my generation

# Don't try and dig what we all say

# Talkin' 'bout my generation

# I'm not tryin' to cause a big sensation

# Talkin' 'bout my generation

-# Talkin' 'bout m-m-my my

-My generation

# My generation

# Talkin' 'bout my generation

RHYTHM SLOWS

# My, my, my

# Yeah, I'm talkin'

# Yeah, I'm talkin' about

# My generation, my generation

# Oh, you're not alone

# Talk about your own

# Talk about your own

# Don't you look embarrassed when you think about the things you said

# Yesterday, the day before when life appeared rosy red

# And nothing ever filled your head No-one ever shared your bed

# Except yourself and little Ted Scary dreams that you were dead

# Yeah, cry if you want

# Now didn't you writhe in anger When you saw the man in his big car?

# Didn't you drive a banger And a gallon didn't get you far?

# Should have been a famous star But that ain't what you really are

# You could shout your last hurrah While they are propping up the bar

# Oh, yeah

# Oh, yeah

# Don't you look embarrassed when you think about the way you were

# Yesterday, the day before, when you were young with much to learn

# Aren't you glad it's your last term?

# No more acting lowly worm

# You can make the suckers squirm

# When you tell them how much you earn

# Talkin' about their own

# Generation

# I'm talkin' about mine Talkin' about mine

# I'm talkin' about mi-i-i-ine

# Talkin' about mine Talkin' about mine

-# Let your tears go

-Cry if you want

-# Let your past flow

-Cry if you want

-# Oh you can let your tears flow

-Cry if you want

# Oh let your past flow

# Oh you can cry if you want

# Oh you can cry, cry, cry if you want

# Well you can cry if you want

# Well you can cry, cry, cry if you want

CHEERS AND APPLAUSE

RHYTHM QUICKENS

# Let it breathe

# Oh breathe high

# Well let it breathe

# Oh breathe high. #

CHEERS AND APPLAUSE

# People died where I performed

# People cried when glass deformed

# Shots rang out as the singer yawned

# The band played on until the dawn

# Lies and drunks and drugs and fools

# Tricks and stunts disguised the tools

# Was the victim dead? Was their blood in pools?

# Was this not part of showbiz rules?

# They made my dream come true

# They made my dream come true

# They made my dream come true. #

CHEERS AND APPLAUSE

# If you don't hear me Why should I tell you?

# If you don't listen Why should I speak?

# If you're indifferent How can I reach you?

# Just cos you're angry Don't assume I'm weak

# Howling Wolf and old Link Wray

# Dave Van Ronk and Doris Day

# Bobby Darin, Brownie McGhee

# Elvis, Buddy and Eddie C

# Music makes me, makes me strong

# Strong vibrations, make me long

# Long for a place where I belong

# You will find me in this song

# Who will walk through the mirror door?

# Will there be music or will there be war?

# Will we be rich or will we be poor?

# Who will walk through the mirror door?

# Who will walk through the mirror door?

# Will there be music or will there be war?

# Will we be rich or will we be poor?

# Who will walk through the mirror door?

# A thousand angels A million children

# Fire and fear in a suicide eye

# Golden stairway to a Zeppelin heaven

# Rolling thunder under a New York sky

# Frank 'n' Ella, Ray, What'd I Say

# Johnny Cash and Johnnie Ray

# Amadeus and Ludwig Van

# Henry, Johann and the Doo-Dah Band

# We are here in celebration

# This music's gonna make us strong

# We climb up high to the golden station

# Curtis Mayfield ain't waiting long

# Who will walk through the mirror door?

# Will there be music or will there be war?

# Will we be rich or will we be poor?

# Who will walk through the mirror door?

# Who will walk through the mirror door?

# Will there be music or will there be war?

# Will we be rich or will we be poor?

# Who will walk through the mirror door...? #

Howling Wolf and old Link Wray

Dave Van Ronk and Doris Day

Bobby Darin, Brownie McGhee

Elvis, Buddy, Eddie C

Frank 'n' Ella, Ray, What'd I Say

Johnny Cash and Johnnie Ray

Amadeus and Ludwig Van

Henry, Johann and the Doo-Dah Band

# Keep on climbing. #

CHEERS AND APPLAUSE

Thank you.

LOUD CHEER GREETS SYNTH INTRO TO "BABA O'RILEY"

KEYBOARD CHORDS

# Out here in the fields

# I fight for my meals

# I get my back into my living

# I don't need to fight

# To prove I'm right

# I don't need to be forgiven

# Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah

# Don't cry

# Don't raise your eye

# It's only teenage wasteland

# Ooh, Sally, take my hand

# Travel south cross land

# Put out the fire

# And don't look past my shoulder

# The exodus is here

# The happy ones are near

# Let's get together

# Before we get much older

# Teenage wasteland, oh yeah

# It's only teenage wasteland

# Teenage wasteland, ooh, yeah

# It's only teenage wasteland

# They're all wasted. #

HE PLAYS MOUTH ORGAN

RHYTHM QUICKENS

RHYTHM GETS FASTER STILL

CHEERS AND APPLAUSE

# Ever since I was a young boy I've played the silver ball

# From Soho down to Brighton I must have played them all

# But I ain't seen nothing like him In any amusement hall

# That deaf, dumb and blind kid Sure plays a mean pinball

# He stands like a statue Becomes part of the machine

# Feeling all the bumpers Always playing clean

# He plays by intuition The digit counters fall

# That deaf, dumb and blind kid Sure plays a mean pinball

# He's a pinball wizard Has to be a twist

# A pinball wizard's Got such a supple wrist

# How do you think he does it?

# I don't know

# What makes him so good?

# Well, he ain't got no distractions Can't hear those buzzers and bells

# Don't see lights a flashin' Plays by sense of smell

# He always gets a replay Never tilts at all

# That deaf, dumb and blind kid Sure plays a mean pinball

# I thought I was The bally table king

# But I just handed My pinball crown to him

# Even on my favourite table He can beat my best

# His disciples lead him in And he just does the rest

# He's got crazy flipper fingers Never seen him fall

# That deaf, dumb and blind kid Sure plays a mean pinball. #

# Deaf Dumb and blind boy

# He's in a quiet vibration land

# Strange as it seems His musical dreams

# Ain't quite so bad

# Ten years old

# With thoughts as bold As thoughts can be

# Loving life and becoming wise In simplicity

# Sickness will surely take the mind

# Where minds can't usually go

# Come on the amazing journey

# And learn all you should know

# A vague haze of delirium Creeps up on me

# All at once, a tall stranger I suddenly see

# He's dressed in a silver sparked Glittering gown

# His golden beard flows Nearly down to the ground

# Nothing to say, nothing to hear And nothing to see

# Each sensation makes a note In my symphony

# Sickness will surely take the mind

# Where minds can't usually go

# Come on the amazing journey

# And learn all you should know

# His eyes are the eyes That transmit all they know

# Sparkle warm crystalline Glances to show

# He is your leader He is your guide

# On the amazing journey Together you'll ride. #

CHEERING AND APPLAUSE

# See me

# Feel me

# Touch me

# Heal me

# See me

# Feel me

# Touch me

# Heal me

# See me

# Feel me

# Touch me

# Heal me

# See me

# Feel me

# Touch me

# Heal me. #

# Listening to you

# I get the music

# Gazing at you

# I get the heat

# Following you

# I climb the mountain

# I get excitement at your feet

# Right behind you

# I see the millions

# On you, I see the glory

# From you, I get opinions

# From you, I get the story

# Oh, listening to you I get the music

# Gazing at you, I get the heat

# Following you, I climb the mountain

# I get excitement at your feet

# Right behind you I see the millions

# On you, I see the glory

# From you, I get opinions

# From you, I get the story

# Oh, listening to you I get the music

# Gazing at you, I get the heat

# Following you, I climb the mountain

-# I get excitement at your feet

-At your feet

# Right behind you I see the millions

# On you, I see the glory

# From you, I get opinions

# From you, I get the story

# Ooh, listening to you I get the music

# Gazing at you, I get the heat

# Following you, I climb the mountain

# I get excitement at your feet

# Right behind you I see the millions

# On you, I see the glory

# From you, I get opinions

# From you, I get the story

# I get the story

# Always listening to you, yeah

# And you

# And you

# And you

# And you

# And you

# And you

# And you. #

CHEERING AND APPLAUSE

Thank you very much.

# Would you have some tea

# At the theatre with me?

# We did it all

# Didn't we?

# Jumped every wall

# Instinctively

# Unravelled codes

# Ingeniously

# Wired all the roads

# So seamlessly

# We made it work

# But one of us failed

# That's what makes it so sad

# A great dream derailed

# One of us gone

# One of us mad

# One of us, me

# All of us sad

# All of us sad

# Lean on my shoulder now

# The story is done

# It's getting colder now

# A thousand songs

# Still smoulder now

# We played them as one

# We're older now

# All of us sad

# All of us free

# Before we walk from the stage

# Two of us

# Will you have some tea?

# Will you have some tea

# At the theatre with me? #

CHEERING AND APPLAUSE

You've been great, thank you so much.

-Thank you.

-I know so many of the faces,

thank you so much for coming out tonight, we love you.

CHEERING AND APPLAUSE

Subtitles by Red Bee Media Ltd

Email [email protected]