The Who — Behind Blue Eyes Live at the Young Vic London 26 April 1971

[Verse 1] No one knows what it's like To be the bad man, to be the sad man Behind blue eyes No one knows what it's like To be hated, to be fated To telling only lies [Chorus] But my dreams, they aren't as empty As my conscience seems to be I have hours, only lonely My love is vengeance that's never free [Verse 2] No one knows what it's like To feel these feelings like I do And I blame you No one bites back as hard on their angеr None of my pain and woe Can show through [Chorus] But my dreams, thеy aren't as empty As my conscience seems to be I have hours, only lonely My love is vengeance that's never free [Bridge] When my fist clenches, crack it open Before I use it and lose my cool When I smile, tell me some bad news Before I laugh and act like a fool And if I swallow anything evil Put your finger down my throat And if I shiver, please give me a blanket Keep me warm, let me wear your coat [Outro] No one knows what it's like To be the bad man, to be the sad man Behind blue eyes [Break] Actually A word, wherever he is, to the bloke who was dancing Wouldn't normally, wouldn't normally mind people dancing, but But, uh (Do it all the time, do it all the time) We do it all the time, he says But, uh, it's like a bit of an empty space there at the moment And it's like a, a bit distracting And we're like trying to remember chords and things So later, come up and dance with us as a special treat And I'll dance with you But, uh No You wanna dance with me now, do you? Are you? Right 'Cause I would've killed the other geyser if he'd done what you're doing now So come a bit closer and I'll get you Oh dear, you nearly tripped up, you silly boy That's what happens when you let people in free Anyway For the bloke that was originally dancing, the claim still stands And if he gets up later, he's welcome I, uh But, uh, we, we're doing a whole new show And it's a bit of a bugger to remember all the chords and the shapes of it This is a song called "Don't Know Myself," we've always played this one Hope you dig it (I'm a bloody star, that's why I got me white suit on, innit?)