2154 – The Who – Don't let go the coat (1981)

 

Escrita por Pete Townshend, foi gravada em 1980 e lançada em 16 de março de 1981, no disco Face dances, o nono disco do Who. Sairia também em compacto, com You como Lado B, em 5 de maio de 1981. Foi produzido por Bill Szymczyk. Chegou ao número 84 no Billboard Hot100 e 47 no Reino Unido. Foi lançada por Pete Townshend em um album solo chamado Another Scoop. Roger Daltrey cantou. Pete Townshend tocou guitarra, teclado e fez backing vocals. John Entwistle tocou baixo e fez backing vocals. Kenney Jones tocou bateria. John Bundrick tocou teclado.

A letra:

I can't be held responsible for blown behaviour
I lost all contact with my only saviour
No-one locked me out because I failed to phone up
I can't bear to live forever like a loner

Don't let go the coat

It's easy to be sad: when you lack a partner
But how would I react to a broken heart now
It ain't really true rock and roll unless I'm
Hanging onto you and when I hold it next time

I won't let go the coat

I try to explain but you never understand it
I need your body but I can't just demand it
I won't let go like a stray at heel
(Never let it out of your sight)
Every lonely wife knows the way I feel
(Don't let go tonight)
Don't let go the coat
Never let go the coat

Your friends all pass for life is just a market
But you have to finish everything you started
So I live my life tearing down the runway
Sure to get the hang of hanging in there someday

Don't let go the coat
Won't get no more chances - forget the war dances
Go blind and hang on - don't try the slang son
Never let go the coat.

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