Page type: lyric reference
Artist: Pete Townshend
Canonical path: /pete-townshend/melancholia
Related lyric paths: 6
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Melancholia
Read Melancholia lyrics by Pete Townshend on LyroVerse, with linked artist context and related song paths.
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Melancholia
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My cup is cold
My paper's old
My heart is sold
To melancholia
My clothes are torn
My shoes are worn
My heart is borne to melancholia
A strange surprise
What I despised
In other guys
Is here is me
They lose their girl
They lose their world
Then they cry for all to see
I've never felt so bad
The virus drives me mad
The sheets are gray
That fits the day
She went away
I lost all power
The dust is thick
The dog is sick
The kids have picked most all the flowers
The sun is shining
But not for me!
The sun is shining
But not for me!
I've never felt so bad
The virus drives me mad
The sheets are gray
That fits the day
She went away
I lost all power
The dog is sick
The dust is thick
The kids have picked most all the flowers
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Pete Townshend performs "Melancholia", and this lyric page sits inside the Pete Townshend catalog on LyroVerse.
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Yes. The related section below points to The Sea Refuses No River and Anyway Anyhow Anywhere with a short reason for opening each page next.
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