Pete Townshend – Slit Skirts Lyrics

i was just 34 years old
and i was still wandering in a haze
i was wondering why everyone i met seemed like they were lost in a maze

i dont know why i thought i should have
some kind of divine right to the blues
its sympathy not tears people need
when their the front page...sad news

the incense burned away
and the stench began to rise
lovers now estranged
avoided catching each others eyes
girls who lost their children
cursed the men who fit the coil
and men not fit for marriage
took their refuge in the oil
no one respect the flame
quite like the fool whos badly burned
from all this youd imagine
that their must be something learned

Slit skirts
Jeanie dont wear no slit skirts
I dont ever wear no ripped shirts
Cant pretend that growing older never hurts
Knee pants
Jeanie never wears no knee pants
We have to be so drunk to try a new dance
So afraid of every new romance

let me tell you some more about myself
im just sitting at home right now
the big events of the day are passed
and the late tv shows have come around
im number 1 on the home team
but i still feel unfullfilled
a silent voice in her broken heart
complains that im unskilled
and i know that when she thinks of me
she thinks or me as him
and unlike me
she dont work off her frustations in the gym
recriminations fester
and the past can never change
a womans expectations run from both ends of the range
once she woke with untamed lovers face between her legs
now hes cooled and stifle and its she who has to beg

Slit skirts....etc...