The Punk meets the Godfather

[D3 for LU]

American version... UK version is The Punk and the Godfather.

[D3 for LU]

You declared you would be three inches taller
You only became what we made you
Thought you were chasing a destiny calling
You only earned what we gave you

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You fell and cried as our people were starving
Now you know that we blame you
You tried to walk on the trail we were carving
Now you know that we framed you

[D3 for LU]

I'm the guy in the sky
Flying high, flashing eyes
No surprise I told lies
I'm the punk in the gutter

[D3 for LU]

I'm the new president
And I grew and I bent
Don't you know, don't it show?
I'm the punk with the stutter

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My, my, my, my, my generation
My, my, my, my, my generation

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We tried to speak between lines of oration
You could only repeat what we told you
Your axe belongs to a dying nation
They don't know that we own you

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You're watching movies trying to find the feelers
You only see what we show you
We're the slaves of the phony leaders
Breathe the air we have blown you

[D3 for LU]

I'm the guy in the sky
Flying high, flashing eyes
No surprise I told lies
I'm the punk in the gutter

[D3 for LU]

I'm the new president
And I grew and I bent
Don't you know, don't it show?
I'm the punk with the stutter

[D3 for LU]

My, my, my, my, my generation
My, my, my, my, my generation

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I have to be careful not to preach
I can't pretend that I can teach
And yet I've lived your future out
By pounding stages like a clown

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And on the dance floor broken glass
And bloody faces slowly pass
The numbered seats in empty rows
It all belongs to me, you know (okay!)

[D3 for LU]

You declared you would be three inches taller
You only became what we made you
Thought you were chasing a destiny calling
You only earned what we gave you

[D3 for LU]

You fell and cried as our people were starving
Now you know that we blame you
You tried to walk on the trail we were carving
Now you know that we framed you

[D3 for LU]

I'm the guy in the sky
Flying high, flashing eyes
No surprise I told lies
I'm the punk in the gutter

[D3 for LU]

I'm the new president
And I grew and I bent
Don't you know, don't it show?
I'm the punk with the stutter

[D3 for LU]

My, my, my, my, my generation
My, my, my, my, my generation
My, my, my, my, my generation
My, my, my, my, my generation

 

 

 

Source: Musixmatch

Songwriters: Peter Dennis Blandfor Townshend

The Punk and the Godfather lyrics © Fabulous Music Limited, Fabulous Music Ltd