Behind Blue Eyes

by The Who

From the album: Who's Next

Track 8 of 109 on Who's Next (1971).

Duration: 3:42

Who's Next cover art

Lyrics for Behind Blue Eyes

No one knows what it's like To be the bad man To be the sad man Behind blue eyes No one knows what it's like To be hated To be fated To telling only lies But my dreams, they aren't as empty As my conscience seems to be I have hours, only lonely My love is vengeance that's never free No one knows what it's like To feel these feelings Like I do And I blame you No one bites back as hard On their anger None of my pain and woe Can show through But my dreams, they aren't as empty As my conscience seems to be I have hours, only lonely My love is vengeance that's never free Mm, mm When my fist clenches, crack it open Before I use it and lose my cool When I smile, tell me some bad news Before I laugh and act like a fool And if I swallow anything evil Put your finger down my throat And if I shiver, please give me a blanket Keep me warm, let me wear your coat No one knows what it's like To be the bad man To be the sad man Behind blue eyes

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  64. Water - Re-Make / Take 8
  65. I Don't Even Know Myself - Re-Make / Take 16
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  74. Young Man Blues
  75. Time Is Passing
  76. Behind Blue Eyes
  77. I Don’t Even Know Myself
  78. Too Much Of Anything
  79. Getting In Tune
  80. Bargain
  81. Pinball Wizard
  82. See Me, Feel Me
  83. Baby Don’t You Do It
  84. Water
  85. My Generation
  86. (I’m A) Road Runner
  87. Naked Eye
  88. Bony Moronie
  89. Won’t Get Fooled Again
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  91. I Can't Explain
  92. Substitute
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  97. Bargain
  98. Won't Get Fooled Again
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