The Who – How Can You Do It Alone (Guitar)

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Saw a man about fifty or so

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He looked lonely but his eyes were bright

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He was walking up Holland Park Road

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And I stopped him to ask for a light

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He practically froze when I spoke

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But eased when he saw my cigarette

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Then I saw as he lit up my smoke

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Beneath his coat he was naked and wet

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With eyes full of shame for he knew that I knew

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He slumped to the wall with a moan

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I said "I know there's no name

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For what you go through

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But how can you do it alone".

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I crossed the street to the local news store

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Flicked through some cheap magazines

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Beside me some school kid I saw

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Stuffed some girlie mag down into his jeans

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The shop girl was watching amazed

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She asked me to call for the police

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She screamed at his blushing young face

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But he escaped into the streets

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With eyes full of shame

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For he knew that I knew

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He slumped to the wall with a moan

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I said "I know there's no name

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For what you go through

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But how can you do it alone".

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Do it alone,     how can you do it alone.

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

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

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I ain't got a clue, 'bout the things that you do

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But how... can you do it alone.

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How can you do it... (etc)

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Back at the flat my girl sat in the shower

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And wasn't too keen on me sharing

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She came out well after an hour

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And by that time I was past caring

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Some women it seems have the knack

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Of attaining that stars in their dreams

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They simply relax and lay back

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While people like us scratch our jeans.

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With eyes full of shame

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And I know it must show

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I slump and I fall and I groan

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Will somebody explain

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What I need to know

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How, can you do it alone.

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How can you do it.  How can you do it alone...

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How can you do it without any help

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How can you do it all by yourself

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How can you do it without any help

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How can you do it all by yourself