Pete Townshend - Somebody Saved Me Lyrics
I stood at the door beside herBut she wouldn't let me passI was such a bore and iI lied to herI said I didn't really want her assI went away in the mud and rainThe gang became snide and laughedI was slayed, but I smiled and the painBegan to subside at lastAnd when I got back to my hotelI wondered if the thunder meant I'd landed in hellAnd on the forecourt I slipped and fellI cracked my stupid head and I heard a bellI thought 'Hey!'Somebody saved me - it happened againSomebody saved me - I thank you my friendSomebody saved me, from a fate worse than heavenCos if I'd had her for just an hourI'd have wanted her foreverYou would have thought that I'd have learnedTwenty years ago or moreA beautiful girl raised her mouth and yearnedBut I didn't know what lips were meant forI ran away in the mud and rain(The weather here's never too bright)She'd had an affray with her man and cameFor solace and the means to fightShe finally bored with seducing meAnd took up with some geezer from the Ealing sceneAnd it nearly killed him (like it would've killed me)When her original man snapped his fingers and she obeyed!But somebody saved me etc.I don't know about guardian angelsAll I know about's staying aliveI can't shout about spiritual labelsWhen little ones die and big ones thriveAll I know is that I've been making itAnd there've been times I didn't deserve toEvery show there's been more faking itBut right at the point of no returnSomebody saves me - again and againSomebody saves me - I thank you my friendSomebody saves me>From a fate worse tham heaven'Cos if I blew it for a single momentI'd blow it foreverSomebody saved me.I took up the connection onceMade me feel quite aloofI never could queue to collect my lunchWhile I was pursuing the TruthSo I left my folks in the mud and rain(It always rains in Sunnyside Road)I lived hippy jokes getting stoned insaneTill the rain looked just like snowBut there was a soul in whom I could dependHe worked himself crazy while I laid in bedI never leaned on a person like I leaned right thenAnd when I finally woke up cleanMy friend was dead - stone deadSomebody saved me - it happened again.Somebody saved me - I thank you my friendSomebody saved me - I ain't ready for heavenIf I'd seen you for a second I'd have wanted to see you foreverSomebody saved me
