Pure And Easy
Written by Pete Townshend
B-side of 1974 Plydor single "Long Live Rock"
The Who
Roger Daltrey – lead vocals
John Entwistle – bass guitar, horn, backing vocals
Pete Townshend – guitar, vocals, synthesizer,keyboards
Keith Moon – drums, percussion
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The Who
The Ultimate Collection
2002,Polydor
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
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 on a star
As people assemble
Civilization is trying to find a new way to die
But killing is really merely scene changing
All men are bored with other men's lies
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
Gas on a 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
We all know success when we all find our own dreams
And our love is enough to knock down any wall
And the future's been seen as men try to realize
The simple secret of the note in us all....in us all
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
Today is the day when sound curdles mountains
Blowing and flowing each man in its way
Destroying itself in the end with vibration
There's nothing on earth its challenge can take
Except in one note, pure and easy
Playing so free, like a breath rippling by
There once was a note, listen
There once was a note, listen
(fade)
Pete Townshend
19 May 1945 - (age 66)
