The Who – Eyesight to the Blind

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You talk about your woman
I wish you could see mine,
You talk about your woman
I wish you could see mine,
Every time she starts to lovin'
She brings eyesight to the blind.

You know her daddy gave her magic
I can tell by the way she walks.
You know her daddy gave her magic
I can tell by the way she walks.
Every time we start shakin'
The dumb begin to talk.

She's got the power to heal you never fear
She's got the power to heal you never fear
Just a word from her lips
And the deaf begin to hear.

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"Eyesight to the Blind" as written by Willie Sonny Boy Williamson

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    General Comment:It was an old blues tune used in the movie simply because it fit so damn well....In the movie, Eric Clapton plays a priest who ministers to a cult that worships Marilyn Monroe. If you listen to the song, there's no doubt that it's Slow Hand playing and singing. Nobody else has licks like that. Eric may not have written this song, but he pwned it. Awesome song and awesome scene.
    Flag BamChugon February 24, 2011   Link
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    General Comment:I think originally in the context of "Tommy", this song was the Hawker advertising the Acid Queen, but in the movie, it was a separate attempt to heal Tommy, through a cult dedicated to either the love of women or maybe the famous.
    Flag Ttonkytonkon September 16, 2010   Link
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    General Comment:the hawker= pimp
    Flag switch755on December 18, 2007   Link
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    General Comment:who ever said eric clapton did this song first is an idiot he did it in the movie. only because pete helped him with a drug problem and eric owed him a favor. The song is about the acid queen and its the pimp saying that she can do all of this for tommy.
    Flag switch755on December 18, 2007   Link
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    General Comment:Nope, it was Sonny Boy Williamson in 1948. Mose Allison covered it again in 1958 or '59, and changed the lyrics slightly.

    The Who covered it again, using Mose Allison's minorly changed lyrics as a base, then changing it some more to suit the feel of Tommy.
    Flag EveryMnon May 10, 2007   Link
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    General Comment:actually according to answers.com mose allison wrote it originally.
    Flag floydian18on July 31, 2006   Link
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    General Comment:This song is about a person trying to get Tommy's parents to pay for Tommy to get laid. "Every time she starts lovin'..."
    Flag babathespider515on July 09, 2006   Link
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    General Comment:Actually it was Eric Clapton who did this originally. The song is sung while he walks down a church-like aisle and is surrounded by women wearing Marilyn Monroe masks, because she is the woman he is referring to as being so powerful. They all behave as though they are attending a mass.

    Tommy is brought to the church in hopes of finding a cure and he eventually reaches out to a huge statue of M.M. and it comes crashing down.
    Flag soze_umamaon January 27, 2006   Link
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    General Comment:Sonny Boy Williamson does the original. I really love this song. I mean, how could you not use this song? How many other songs include references to the blind, dumb, and deaf other than a song from Tommy?
    Flag Flinchy17on September 01, 2005   Link
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    General Comment:this is a cover, although i can't remember who does the original. doesn't make much sense putting a cover on a concept album, does it? good song, though.
    Flag misirlouon May 08, 2005   Link

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