How Can You Do It Alone

How Can You Do It Alone - Pete Townshend

Saw a man about fifty or so

He looked lonely but his eyes were bright

I was walking up Holland Park Road

And I stopped him to ask for a light

He practically froze when I spoke

But eased when he saw my cigarette

Then I saw as he lit up my smoke

Beneath his coat he was naked and wet

Who can you blame he knew that I knew

In the sound of his breath was a moan

I said "I know there's no name For what you go through But how can you do it alone".

I crossed the street to the local news store

Flicked through some cheap magazines

Beside me some school kid I saw

Push some girlie mag down into his jeans

The shop girl was watching amazed

Asked me to call for the police

She screamed at his blushing young face

But he escaped into the streets

With eyes full of shame

For he knew that I knew

He slumped to the wall with a moan

I said "I know there's no name For what you go through But how can you do it alone".

Do it alone, how can you do it alone.

I need your help, so I can do it by myself.

Do it alone, don't have to breathe down the phone

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