Music Video
Credits
PERFORMING ARTISTS
Pete Townshend
Electric Guitar
Roger Daltrey
Lead Vocals
John Entwistle
Bass Guitar
Keith Moon
Drums
Nicky Hopkins
Piano
COMPOSITION & LYRICS
Pete Townshend
Songwriter
PRODUCTION & ENGINEERING
Glyn Johns
Original Engineering
Andy MacPherson
Mixing Engineer
Bob Ludwig
Mastering Engineer
Jon Astley
Mixing Engineer
Lyrics
One, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight
I've got my clipboard, text books
Lead me to the station
Yeah, I'm off to the civil war
I've got my kit bag, my heavy boots
I'm runnin' in the rain
Gonna run till my feet are raw
Slip kid, slip kid, second generation
And I'm a soldier at thirteen
Slip kid, slip kid, realization
There's no easy way to be free
No easy way to be free
It's a hard, hard world
I left my doctor's prescription bungalow behind me
I left the door ajar
I left my vacuum flask
Full of hot tea and sugar
Left the keys right in my car
Slip kid, slip kid, second generation
Only half way up the tree
Slip kid, slip kid, I'm a relation
I'm a soldier at sixty-three
No easy way to be free
Slip kid, slip kid
Keep away old man, you won't fool me
You and your history won't rule me
You might have been a fighter, but admit you failed
I'm not affected by your blackmail
You won't blackmail me
I've got my clipboard, text books
Lead me to the station
Yeah, I'm off to the civil war
I've got my kit bag, my heavy boots
I'm runnin' in the rain
Gonna run till my feet are raw
Slip kid, slip kid, slip out of trouble
Slip over here and set me free
Slip kid, slip kid, second generation
You're slidin' down the hill like me
No easy way to be free
No easy way to be free
No easy way to be free
Writer(s): Peter Dennis Blandfor Townshend
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