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Dreaming From The Waist

Written by Pete Townshend

Lyrics

I feel like I want to break out of the house
My heart is a-pumping, I've got sand in my mouth
I feel like I'm heading up to a cardiac arrest
I want to scream in the night, I want a manifest

I've got that wide awake, give-and-take, five o'clock-in-the-morning feeling
I've got the hots for the sluts in the well thumbed pages of a magazine
I want to drive, want to fly like I do in the dreams I've never really been in
I want to hump, want to jump, want to heat up, cool down in a dream machine

I'm dreaming
From the waist on down
I'm dreaming
But I feel tired and bound
I'm dreaming
Of a day when a cold shower helps my health
I'm dreaming
Dreaming of the day I can control myself
The day I can control myself

Sound like a priest and then I'm shooting dice
I'm burning tires with some guy whose hair is turning white
I know the girls that I pass, they just ain't impressed
I'm too old to give up, but too young to rest

I've got that numb-to-a-thumb over-dubbed
Feeling social when the world is sleeping
The plot starts to thicken then I sicken and I feel I'm cemented down
I'm so juiced that the whorey lady's sad sad story has me quietly weeping
But here comes the morning
Here comes the yawning demented clown

I'm dreaming
But I know it's all hot air
I'm dreaming
I'll get back to that rocking chair
I'm dreaming
Of the day I can share the wealth
I'm dreaming
Dreaming of the day I can control myself
The day I can control myself

Hey, hey!
The day I can control myself

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Song Info

Taken from: The Who By Numbers
Released: 1975

  • Concerts: 92
  • First played: Sun, 19. Oct 1975
  • Last played: Thu, 15. Mar 2018
  • Live Records: 94

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