Won't Get Fooled Again

About Won't Get Fooled Again

"Won't Get Fooled Again" is a song by the English rock band the Who, written by Pete Townshend. It was released as a single in June 1971, reaching the top 10 in the UK, while the full eight-and-a-half-minute version appears as the final track on the band's 1971 album Who's Next, released that August. Townshend wrote the song as a closing number of the Lifehouse project, and the lyrics criticise revolution and power. To symbolise the spiritual connection he had found in music via the works of Meher Baba and Inayat Khan, he programmed a mixture of human traits into a synthesizer and used it as the main backing instrument throughout the song. The Who tried recording the song in New York in March 1971, but re-recorded a superior take at Stargroves the next month using the synthesizer from Townshend's original demo. Ultimately, Lifehouse as a project was abandoned in favour of Who's Next, a straightforward album, where it also became the closing track. It has been performed as a staple of the band's setlist since 1971, often as the set closer, and was the last song drummer Keith Moon played live with the band. more »

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1999

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We'll be fighting in the streets 
With our children at our feet 
And the morals that they worship will be gone 
And the men who spurred us on 
Sit in judgment of all wrong 
They decide and the shotgun sings the song 
I'll tip my hat to the new constitution
Take a bow for the new revolution 
Smile and grin at the change all around 
Pick up my guitar and play 
Just like yesterday 
Then I'll get on my knees and pray 
We don't get fooled again 
The change, it had to come 
We knew it all along 
We were liberated from the fold, that's all 
And the world looks just the same 
And history ain't changed 
'Cause the banners, they are flown in the next war
I'll tip my hat to the new constitution 
Take a bow for the new revolution 
Smile and grin at the change all around 
Pick up my guitar and play 
Just like yesterday
Then I'll get on my knees and pray 
We don't get fooled again .
No, no! I'll move myself and my family aside 
If we happen to be left half alive 
I'll get all my papers and smile at the sky 
Though I know that the hypnotized never lie 
Do ya? 
There's nothing in the streets 
Looks any different to me 
And the slogans are replaced, by-the-bye 
And the parting on the left 
Are now parting on the right 
And the beards have all grown longer overnight 
I'll tip my hat to the new constitution
Take a bow for the new revolution 
Smile and grin at the change all around
Pick up my guitar and play 
Just like yesterday 
Then I'll get on my knees 
And pray We don't get fooled again Don't get fooled again No, no! 
Yeaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah! Meet the new boss Same as the old boss

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