The Who — Pure and Easy Live at the Young Vic London 26 April 1971

[Intro] There once was a note pure and easy Playing so free like a breath rippling by The note is eternal, I hear it, it sees me Forever we blend and forever we die [Chorus] I listened and I heard music in a word And words when you played your guitar The noise that I was hearing was a million people cheering And a child flew past me riding in a star [Verse 1] As people assemble, civilization Is trying to find a new way to die But killing is really merеly scene changer All mеn are bored with other men's lives [Chorus] I listened and I heard music in a word And words when you played your guitar The noise that I was hearing was a million people cheering And a child flew past me riding in a star [Verse 2] Gas on the hillside, oil in the teacup Watch all the chords of life lose their joy Distortion becomes somehow pure in its wildness The note that began all can also destroy [Bridge] We all know success when we all find our own dreams And our love is enough to knock down any walls And the future's been seen as men try to realize The simple secret of the note in us all In us all [Chorus] Listened and I heard music in a word And words when you played your guitar Noise that I was hearing was a million people cheering And a child flew past me riding in a star [Verse 3] Today is the day the sound curdles mountains Flowing and blowing each man in its wake Destroying itself in the end with vibration There's nothing on Earth its challenge can take [Intro Reprise] There once was a note, listen easy (Pure) Once was a note, listen easy (Pure) There once was a note, listen easy (Pure) There once was a note, listen easy (Pure) There once was a note, listen easy (Pure) Once was a note, listen easy (Pure) Once was a note, listen easy (Pure) Once was a note, listen (Woah) Once was a note, listen There once was a note, listen Once was a note, listen [Outro] Pure and easy Pure and easy Pure and easy [Break] We'd love to play a Song we've been playing for quite some time Familiar to you maybe A song called "Young Man Blues" Case you wanna know, the first two were "Love Ain't For Keeping" And uh, "Pure and Easy"