Baba O'Riley by The Who

Artist: The Who

Genre: Pop

Length: 5:00

“Baba O'Riley” by The Who was initially part of an idea (later thrown aside) of a follow up rock opera to Tommy: Lifehouse. Pete Townshend wrote it after his experience at Woodstock. It did well as a single in Europe, but appeared only on the album in the US and the UK. The name of the song is a combination of Meher Baba – an Indian guru who kept silent from 1935 until his death in 1969 and inspired Townshend spiritually, and Terry Riley – a musician and classical composer who also inspired...

Baba O'Riley lyrics

Out here in the fields
I farm for my meals
I get my back into my living
I don't need to fight
To prove I'm right
I don't need to be forgiven
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
Don't cry
Don't raise your eye
It's only teenage wasteland
Sally, take my hand
We'll travel south cross land
Put out the fire
And don't look past my shoulder
The exodus is here
The happy worlds are near
Let's get together
Before we get much older
Teenage wasteland
It's only teenage wasteland
Teenage wasteland
Oh, yeah
Teenage wasteland
They're all wasted!

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