DRAWING on OBSERVATIONS

Ball point pen on the morning newsprint

Pete Townshend is 64 years old today. Best known as The Who’s guitarist and primary songwriter He wrote over one hundred songs for the band’s eleven studio albums, including the rock opera Tommy and the two albums I wore out as a kid, another rock opera, Quadrophenia and the classic Who’s Next.

Yes, he is the one

Ball point pen on the morning newsprint

Eminence Front

The sun shines
People forget
The spray flies as the speedboat glides
People forget
Forget they’re hiding
The girls smile
People forget
The snow packs as the skier tracks
People forget
Forget they’re hiding.

Behind an eminence front
Eminence front – It’s a put-on

The drinks flow
People forget
That big wheel spins, the hair thins
People forget
Forget they’re hiding
The news slows
People forget
The shares crash, hopes are dashed
People forget
Forget they’re hiding.

Behind an eminence front
An eminence front – it’s a put-on
it’s a put-on – it’s a put-on

The Who

I doubt those who lost everything will ever forgive or forget the man who hid behind an eminence front. They just want their legacy back.

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