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First come, first served
The Who sell out Cincinnati December 3, 1979
Riverfront Coliseum
Wanna be up front, maybe we can meet them?

Second tour with Kenney Jones
Things were just settling in
Second tour without Keith
He can’t play the fills, but he keeps the beat

Work on your paperwork, count on your mates
General admission, locked at the gates
Everyone knows the immigrant song
In Cincinnati Coliseum it won’t take long

Death can come on slow
Or death can come on quickly
The band had no idea anything went wrong until the last encore and the tank was empty
Triumphant was the way they felt when they finally took the stage
The standing ovation
The standard notation

Triumphant was the way they felt when they acknowledged the applause
Until a turn of occasion
And then no one again ever was the same

Cold spring morning, 1979
Aaron Pryor spars with Sugar Ray
The Cincy cat who beat the odds at last
And then the odds went and beat him back

Did you know the first encore was “Summertime Blues?”
And the second one was “The Real Me?”
They were gonna raise a fuss, they were gonna raise a holler
They were gonna make a dollar in Cincinnati

The crowd became a mob
And the temperatures were freezing
There wasn’t any air, the crush couldn’t be stopped
They weren’t screaming for you, they were just screaming

Triumphant was the way they felt when they exited to stage right
Everything went like gangbusters – Pete and Roger only fought three times
Triumphant was the way they felt before they knew the kids had been trampled
I hope I get old before I die, I hope I die before I’m made an example

Well, they digitally removed the coke from Neil’s nose, you know
Or so the rumor goes – I don’t know
Was he a heavy doper?
Or an occasional user?
He was a friend of yours

Cutthroat played on camera
As though there’s any other kind
Winterland in November
Bill Graham presents: A GODDAMN IMPOSSIBLE WAY OF LIFE

Goddamn impossible way of life (I can’t explain)
Goddamn impossible way of life (I can’t explain)
Goddamn impossible way of life (Call it a bargain)
The best they ever had

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from A Goddamn Impossible Way Of Life, released July 26, 2019

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