Текст Pete Townshend – Commonwealth Boys

Don’t ever call me a man
I’ll decide for myself to tell you what I am
Don’t want to be called a boy know more
Cause boys fill the trenches in imperialist war

We are the Commonwealth boys
South African village Jamaican toys
Born to create but trained to destroy
And I am a Commonwealth boy

Don’t ask if I’m a respectable force
I’m a ineffectual, intellectual of course
You would not up stand a really pretentious fool
I became aware in the care of a waitresses’ school
Don’t even call me a friend of the post
The fox holes have fallen and the cemeteries closed
And I’ve been slaving down on charity farm
Living like a socialist with blood on my arm
We are the Commonwealth youths
From Tunder and Turnside were looking for jobs
Born to create but doomed to destroy
I am a Commonwealth boy

Don’t ever call me a man
I’ll decide for myself to tell you what I am
Don’t want to be called a boy know more
Cause boys fill the trenches in imperialist war
Don’t ever call me a queen
Victoria and values just ain’t my scene

Don’t ever call me a man
I’ll decide when my life ends
I’m a boy I’m a boy don’t you tell the fairies
I’m a boy I’m a boy but my mother would not admit it