Lyrics Pete Townshend

Pete Townshend

Pure And Easy

There once was a note, pure and easy

Playin' so free like a breath rippling by

The note is eternal, I hear it, it sees me

Forever we blend this, 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 in a star

As people assemble

Civilization is trying to find a new way to die

But killing is really merely scene changer

All men are bored with other men's lives

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

We all know success when we all find our own dream

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

Listened and I heard music in a word

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, the sound curdles mountains

Flowing, blowing each man in its wake

Destroying itself in the end with vibration

There's nothing on earth, it's challenge can take

Excepting one note

Excepting one note, pure and easy

Playing so free like a breath rippling by

Excepting one note, excepting one note

Listen, once was a note, listen

(Pure and easy)

Once was a note, listen

(Pure and easy)

Once was a note, listen

(Pure and easy)

Once was a note, listen

(Pure and easy)

Once was a note, listen

(Pure and easy)

Once was a note, listen

(Pure and easy)

Once was a note, listen

(Pure and easy)

Once was a note, listen

(Pure and easy)