Intro: Outlive the Dinosaur Songtext
von Pete Townshend

I breathe, my throat clenches
Clutching to exclude a dozen different stenches
In found the bay, a blue whale rose
Gonna drown in the swill from city sewer hose
Summer′s longer, delta's gashed
Ancient trees uprooted, smashed
Time is generous, more take more
Time is generous, more take more
Time is generous, more take more
I must outrun the dinosaur
As to your question about how this will affect your career, the
Great artist is just like a child, and intuitively understands
The need to submit to the audience. Do you begin to see the secret?
A silent temple, marble hard
Decays and softens, battle scarred
A relic deaf to pips and streams
In polo necks, imperfect genes
Obsessed with silence, sparked by noise
A whole month′s sun, a planet's toys
Time expensive, more take more


Time expensive, more take more
Time expensive, more take more
I must outlive the dinosaur
Lastly, you must be prepared to test yourself. Why not try the song
I have enclosed? It's an outtake from a secret project I′m working
On called Gridlife. The tape you sent shows you can sing, so sing
Rising rivers drown new shoots
Worked and bred, in death cahoots
The strong survive to wean more brutes
Grow in seed, extend their roots
Cowards, bums and scared recruits
Like monkeys trapped in monkey suits
Time is plentiful, more take more
Time is plentiful, more take more
Time is plentiful, more take more
I must outfight the dinosaur
Time is plentiful, more take more
Take some more
Time is plentiful, more take more
There′s plenty more
Time is plentiful, more take more
Just take some more
Time is plentiful, more take more
Time is plentiful, more take more
Ah yeah
Time is plentiful, more take more
Take some more
Time is plentiful, more take more
More take more
More take more
Take more
Take more
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