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THE WHO lyrics : "Cry If You Want"

Once it was just innocence
Brash ideas and insolence
But you will never get away

With the things you say today

But you can try if you want


Dont' you get embarrassed when you read the precious things you
said

Many many years ago when life appeared rosy red
No one ever shared your bed
Nothing ever filled your head

Except yourself and little Ted
And scary dreams that you were dead.
Don't you want to hide your face

When going through your teenage books
And read the kind of crap you wrote
About "Ban the Bomb" and city crooks

Think about how long it took
To get over that sudden "Yuk"
When in the mirror you would look

Well now my son you're well in stook

Cry if you want

Cry if you want

Didn't you writh 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 harrah
While they are propping up the bar
Maybe things were better then

Before you led a promised life
Rash commitements and heavy raps and left wing spiel all
compromised

You fall in love with other's wives
Drive 'em nuts with empty lies
Angry 'cos you lost the prize

Forgot the color of their eyes.

Cry if you want

Cry if you wnat

Let your tears flow

Let your past go

Don't you get 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
Don't you feel ashamed at all the bitterness you keep inside
Does your ego save your face "I had a go - I really tried"

Now you know your leaders lied
Does it stop you acting snide
Or are you still a boy that cried

Tears now surely long since dried.

Cry if you want

Cry if you want

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