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THE WHO: SUBSTITUTE

Pasado ya el lunes, como no quiero volver a tener pesadillas con mi espina, comparto mi canción favorita de los Who (junto a Pinball wizard). Se trata de Substitute, un temazo que habla de las apariencias, de la confusión adolescente y en general de las mentiras de las que consta la vida. Un chaval que camina junto a su chica con la sensación de no ser quien dice ser, o de que ella no sabe realmente quién es: las cosas sencillas que ves son bastante complicadas.

No hay mucho que decir, sólo disfrutar: I look pretty young but I´m just bad dated...

The Who: Substitute (1966)



You think we look pretty good together...
You think my shoes are made of leather...

But I'm a substitute for another guy,
I look pretty tall but my heels are high,
The simple things you see are all complicated,
I look pretty young, but I'm just back-dated, yeah...

Substitute your lies for fact,
I can see right through your plastic mac,
I look all white, but my dad was black,
My fine looking suit is really made out of sack...

I was born with a plastic spoon in my mouth...
The north side of my town faced east,
And the east was facing south,
And now you dare to look me in the eye,
Those crocodile tears are what you cry,
It's a genuine problem, you won't try,
To work it out at all you just pass it by, pass it by..

SubstiTUTE me for him,
SubstiTUTEmy coke for gin,
SubstiTUTEyou for my mum,
At least I'll get my washing done ...