Lyrics Pete Townshend – Teenage Wasteland

Out here in the fields
I fight for my meals
I get my back into my living
I don’t need to fight

My kids ain’t gonna break my heart
My greed ain’t gonna spoil their part
This land just has to be a new one
I’m gonna tan underneath a new sun

Don’t cry
Don’t raise your eye
It’s only teenage wasteland

Don’t have the latest suit
The long grass is my fruit
I am nearly an ordinary man
The family is free
To do just as they please
We all sleep together in the caravan

Hey you!
Don’t walk on the turnips!
My lord
When will they ever learn it?
Look there
Nations of traveling children
No where to go
To escape the chill wind

Don’t cry
Don’t raise your eye
It’s only teenage wasteland

My kids ain’t gonna break my heart
My greed ain’t gonna spoil their part
This land just has to be a new one
I’m gonna tan underneath a new sun

Sally, take my hand
Travel south cross land
Put out the fire
And don’t look past my shoulder
The exodus is here
The happy ones are near
Let’s get home
Before we get older

Teenage wasteland
Teenage wasteland
Teenage wasteland
It’s only teenage wasteland
Teenage wasteland
It’s only teenage wasteland
Teenage wasteland
It’s only teenage wasteland
They’re all wasted!