The hosts of the show:
Vladimir Ilinskiy, Mikhail Kuzischev, Dmitry Vysotsky, Olga Palna
Heaven and Hell (Summertime Blues, 1970)
On top of the sky is a place where you go if you've done nothing wrong,
If you've done nothing wrong.
And down in the ground is a place where you go if you've been a bad boy,
If you've been a bad boy.
Why can't we have eternal life,
And never die,
Never die?
In the place up above you grow feather wings and you fly round and round,
With a harp singing hymns.
And down in the ground you grow horns and a tail and you carry a fork,
And burn away.
Why can't we have eternal life, And never die,
Never die?
When I Was a Boy (Rarities, 1983)
When I was a baby I hadn't a care in the world,
When i was a baby i hadn't a care in the world,
But now I'm a man, my troubles fill my head,
But now i'm a man, my troubles fill my head,
When I was five it was good to be alive,
When i was five it was good to be alive,
But now I'm a man, I wish that I were dead.
But now i'm a man, i wish that i were dead.
My how time rushes by,
My how time rushes by,
The moment you're born you start to die,
The moment you're born you start to die,
Time waits for no man,
Time waits for no man,
And your life's spent, it's over before you begin.
And your life's spent, it's over before you begin.
As I sit here at my window,
As i sit here at my window,
My life comes back to me,
My life comes back to me,
It's been so long since the good days,
It's been so long since the good days,
It's been so long.
It's been so long.
And I count up all the wasted years,
And i count up all the wasted years,
The hopes and the fears,
The hopes and the fears,
The laughs and the tears,
The laughs and the tears,
And I wonder, I wonder, I wonder what went wrong.
And i wonder, i wonder, i wonder what went wrong.
When I was a boy I had the mind of a boy,
When i was a boy i had the mind of a boy,
But now I'm a man, ain't got no mind at all,
But now i'm a man, ain't got no mind at all,
When I was in my teens I had my share of dreams,
When i was in my teens i had my share of dreams,
But now I'm a man, ain't got no dreams at all.
But now i'm a man, ain't got no dreams at all.
My how time rushes by,
My how time rushes by,
The moment you're born you start to die,
The moment you're born you start to die,
Time waits for no man,
Time waits for no man,
And your life's spent, it's over before you begin.
And your life's spent, it's over before you begin.
As I sit here at my window,
As i sit here at my window,
My life comes back to me,
My life comes back to me,
It's been so long since the good days,
It's been so long since the good days,
It's been so long.
It's been so long.
And I count up all the wasted years,
And i count up all the wasted years,
The hopes and the fears,
The hopes and the fears,
The laughs and the tears,
The laughs and the tears,
And I wonder, I wonder, I wonder what went wrong.
And i wonder, i wonder, i wonder what went wrong.
Success Story (The Who by Numbers, 1975)
Friday night, I'm on my way home
They oughtta make work a crime
I'm home for the weekend
Gonna make the most of my time
There's a rock and roll singer
On the television
Givin' up his music, gonna take up religion
Abandoned rock and roll to try to save his soul
Saturday night, got a gig with the band
Playin' the electric guitar
Someday, I'm gonna make it
Gonna be a super-duper star
Buy a big flashy car
And a house for my ma
The big break better happen soon
Cuz I'm pushin' twenty-one
Just like Cinderella,
when she couldn't go to the ball
(a voice said), “I'm your fairy manager,
you shall play Carnegie Hall.”
Gotta give up your day job
To become a heart throb
I may go far
If I smash my guitar
Away for the weekend, I gotta play some one-night stands
Six for the taxman and one for the band
Back in the studio to make our latest number one
Take 276, you know this used to be fun...
Sunday mornin', I just got home
Six and the birds are singin'
I need a drink, and my clothes are wet
Ooh and my ears are still ringin'
There's a rock and roll singer
Boppin' on the TV
He used to be a preacher
But now he sings in a major key
Amended his decision to the new religion
My Wife (Who's Next, 1971)
My life's in jeopardy
Murdered in cold blood is what I'm gonna be
I ain't been home since Friday night
And now my wife is coming after me
Give me police protection
Gonna buy a gun so
I can look after number one
Give me a bodyguard
A back belt Judo expert with a machine gun
Gonna buy a tank and an airplane
When she catches up with me
Won't be no time to explain
She thinks I've been with another woman
And that's enough to send her half insane
Gonna buy a fast car
Put on my lead boots
And take a long, long drive
I may end up spending all my money
But I'll still be alive
All I did was have a bit too much to drink
And I picked the wrong precinct
Got picked up by the law
And now I ain't got time to think
Gonna buy a tank and an aeroplane
When she catches up with me
Won't be no time to explain
She thinks I've been with another woman
And that's enough to send her half insane
Gonna buy a fast car
Put on my lead boots
And take a long, long drive
I may end up spending all my money
But I'll still be alive
And I'm oh so tired of running
Gonna lay down on the floor
I gotta rest some time so
I can get to run some more
She's comin'!
She's comin'!
905 (Who Are You, 1978)
Mother was an incubator
Father was the contents
of a test tube in the ice box
In the factory of birth
My name is 905,
And I've just become alive
I'm the newest populator
Of the planet we call Earth
In suspended animation
My childhood passed me by
If I speak without emotion
Then you know the reason why
Knowledge of the universe
Was fed into my mind
As my adolescent body
Left its puberty behind
And everything I know is what I need to know
And everything I do's been done before
Every sentence in my head
Someone else has said
At each end of my life is an open door
Automatically defrosted
When manhood came on time
I became a man
I left the ice school behind
Now I'm to begin
The life that I'm assigned
A life that's been used before
A thousand times
I have a feeling deep inside
That somethin' is missing
It's a feeling in my soul
And I can't help wishing
That one day I'll discover
That we're living a lie
And I'll tell the whole world
The reason why
Well, until then, everything I know is what I need to know
And everything I do's been done before
Every sentence in my head
Someone else has said
At each end of my life is an open door |
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