Lyrics for Who Are You? as interpreted by Lucky1869_420

Who Are You? Lyrics
I woke up in a Soho doorway
The policeman knew my name
He said, "You can go sleep at home tonight
If you can get up and walk away"
I staggered back to the underground
The breeze blew back my hair
I remembered throwing punches around
And preachin' from my chair

Who are you
Who who who who
Who are you
Who who who who

I took the tube back out of town
Home to the rolling pin
I felt a little like a dying clown
But with a streak of Rin Tin Tin
I stretched back and I hiccuped
Looked back on my busy day
Eleven hours in the tin pan
God there's got to be another way

Who are you
Who who who who
Who are you
Who who who who

There's a place where I know you walked
The love falls from the trees
My heart is like a broken cup
I only feel right on my knees
I spill out like a sewer hole
Yet still receive your kiss
How can I measure up to anyone new
After such a love as this

Who are you
Who who who who
Who are you
Who who who who
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"Who Are You" as written by Julian Godfrey Brookhouse, Miguel Drummond, Ben Volpeliere-pierrot, Michael John Mcevoy, Nicholas Bernard Thorp
Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group
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champienne
07-03-2002

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how could no one have commented yet? the who is one of the most influential rock bands ever. their music is timeless.

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berserker
07-29-2002

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this is one the most awesome songs ever!!!

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dylmeister
09-03-2002

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i agree with the first 2 comments, amazing song yet i'm disappointed that there are no other comments about this song... even in this day and age, a TV series such as CSI uses this song as their theme song or whatever... that means something!

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Mr_Mojo_rising
09-28-2002

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This is an awesome song, but you know what I think most of the rock bands of the sixties are totally going against there ideals of not selling out. As in the Who using WHo R U in CSI and Bargain in the Nissan comercial, but I guess the sixties are over, oh well....

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KristiNH
03-06-2003

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great song to toke up to...

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Muzzy
03-14-2003

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Great song, but ya kinda sad they sold out like that.

Btw, CSI rocks ;P

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ZinbobDan
04-01-2003

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Who gives a fuck if they sell out or not. They can do whatever the fuck they want. (PS, it's only selling out if u don't buy in)

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AeroLed286
04-01-2003

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Selling out in general is stupid and wrong, but it happens to the best of bands. Led Zeppelin, Aerosmith, The Who, Metallica, Def Leppard (although they were always a pop rock band, they got really disgustingly sold out in the 90s and their new album in 2002 was just a disgrace), Red Hot Chili Peppers, Bon Jovi, bla...

I think this is about how the person (not nessecarily Roger, it could be any random lad) loved someone so much, and after she left him, he just became a nobody and wandered around the city not caring about anything.

It's appropriate for CSI because that's what they do a lot, they try to find out who the dead person is or whatever.

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mikeydhh
06-10-2003

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Townshend wrote of this after a brutal night of drinking, so the lyrical description is allegedly a fairly true story - not sure if the last stanza refers to his broken marriage or a fling.

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Teenagemisery
06-12-2003

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CSI kicks ass and i love this song. Gritty vocals are cool.

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murderbyjames
06-19-2003

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Actually, this song was written about townshend getting into a scuffle with a couple of members from the sex pistols, after they walked into a bar. he was so loaded he didn't know who they were. got it from vh1

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buddahs_best_buddy
06-21-2003

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this song is acctuly about pete townshend geting so waisted and stumbling around a bar. When he saw two members of the sex pistols,and when they introduced themselves,he said,"who are you". Then he wrote about his night.

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dukeface
06-30-2003

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i love this song, it reminds me of many drunken nights i've had myself. i never understood the significance of the last verse, but i agree with mikeydhh and Aeroled266.

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mukluk
04-13-2004

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much of the song is derived from actual events that pete experieced. as stated a drunken pete did in fact meet the members of the sex pistols (who, along with the rest of the punk-rock movement, were moving into older acts like the Who's terrritory) at club. The younger men unexpectedly showed their respect to the man many felt paved the way for punk. Later that night pete passed out in a random doorway in SoHo a policeman recogmized him and told the inebriated pete that he could sleep in his own bed(as opposed to a jailcell) if he could get up and walk away.

pete response: who the fuck are you?

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vipergt196
05-12-2004

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I always thought of this song kind of meant that he got hurt in a relationship, and then to drown out his anger he went out and got fucked up. Thats why the last stanza is talking about love. And when he sings the "Who are you" parts, i think he is kind of asking himself who he is, because now he has to reinvent himself after his traumatic breakup. But thats just what i get out of it anyway....

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ThreeDogNight
06-24-2004

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I love this song. my dad introduced it to me when we were cleaning the basement and stumbled on a bunch of his old records and that was long befor i started watching csi. what makes me sad about all this is when some ignoramice hears it the say "hey isnt that the theme song to CSI" when its much more than that. and know some new artist has taken the fame just for singing "Behind Blue Eyes" We need to let to world know who The Who were.

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ThreeDogNight
06-24-2004

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BTW Fuck You Limp Bizket

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themachine312
07-04-2004

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"Who the fuck are you?" hahaha, thats the only time you can ever hear the word fuck on the radio. GREAT!!!

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GABBA GABBA HEY!
10-09-2004

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*************************************************************THIS IS ABOUT SID VICIOUS...RIGHT???**************************************

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OpinionHead
10-11-2004

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It fits the CSI bill...they investigate crime scenes so they have to figure WHO the victim is. Makes sense, but why the hell would they use "Won't Get Fooled Again" for Miami and "Baba O'Reilly" for NY. It makes no sense whatsoever...no wait, it does. The kind that goes jingle, jingle in your pocket. By the way, I like CSI very much.

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whofreak777
11-20-2004

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Awesome song, I think it's about getting srunk out of your mind, which makes sense with the lyrics. It's awesome because on the ardio, the 'fuck's come so fast that they can't block them out.

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OpinionHead
02-08-2005

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This songs like something from another planet. In all honesty, I think the addition of the synthesizers and other percussion give the song its futuristic feel. Whenever I hear it, I get this feeling that they were pioneering other sounds before other bands caught on. This is the song in my mind that also capture Entwhistle at his absolute best. The studio work of the time is exceptional, and it may be there best recorded song.

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OpinionHead
03-06-2005

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Daltrey did the main vocals and I think Townshend and Entwhistle sang the back up vocals, the Whooo....whooo...are....you. It's Daltrey whose dropping the f-bomb. It's good stuff.

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TIMMY!!
03-17-2005

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definitely

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Elftek
03-27-2005

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Will you STOP calling them sellouts!!!

I have to agree with ZinbobDan, it's only selling out if you LET it be selling out. Simply SELLING your song for use somewhere else is not selling out. It's business. Selling out is when you let the bussiness take over and don't have heart or love for what you do anymore. The Who always kept their heart. They didn't give out to money, I believe that their primary intent was ALWAYS for the love of it and to make others happy.

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