Page type: lyric reference
Artist: Pete Townshend
Canonical path: /pete-townshend/the-seeker
Related lyric paths: 6
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The Seeker
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The Seeker
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I've looked under chairs
I've looked under tables
I try to find the key
To fifty million fables
They call me the Seeker
I've been searching low and high
I won't find what I'm after
Till the day I die
I asked my idols
The questions to my mother
I bought tickets just anywhere
Hoping to discover
They call me the Seeker
I've been looking low and high
I won't get to get what I'm after
Till the day I die
People tend to hate me
'Cause I never smile
As I ransack their homes
They wanna shake my hand
Focused in on nowhere
Investigating miles
I'm a Seeker, I'm a really desperate man!
I asked Bobby Dylan
I asked the Beatles
I asked Timothy Leary
But he didn't help me either
They call me the Seeker
I've been looking low and high
I won't get to get what I'm after
Till the day I die
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I learned how to raise my voice in anger
Now look at my face
Ain't this a smile?
I'm happy when life's good
And when it's bad, I cry
I got values
But I don't know how or why
I'm looking for me!
You're looking for you!
We're looking at each other
And we don't know what to do!
They call me the Seeker
I've been searching low and high
I won't get to get what I'm after
Till the day I die
I won't get to get what I'm after
Till the day I die!
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