PETE TOWNSHEND-SLIT SKIRTS

'SLIT SKIRTS'
Written by Pete Townshend
From the album; 'ALL THE BEST COWBOYS HAVE CHINESE EYES'

I was just thirty-four years old and I was still wandering in a haze
I was wondering why everyone I met seemed like they were
Lost in a maze

I don't know why I thought I should have some kind of
Divine right to the blues
It's sympathy not tears people need when they're the
Front page sad news.

The incense burned away and the stench began to rise
And lovers now estranged avoided catching each others' eyes

And girls who lost their children cursed the men who fit the coil
And men not fit for marriage took their refuge in the oil
No one respects the flame quite like the fool who's badly burned
From all this you'd imagine that there must be something learned

Slit skirts, Jeanie never wears those slit skirts
I don't ever wear no ripped shirts
Can't pretend that growing older never hurts.

Knee pants, Jeanie never wears no knee pants
Have to be so drunk to try a new dance
So afraid of every new romance

Slit skirts, slit skirt
Jeanie isn't wearing those slit skirts, slit skirt
She wouldn't dare in those slit skirts, slit skirt
Wouldn't be seen dead in no slit skirt

Slit skirts, slit skirt
Jeanie isn't wearing those slit skirts, slit skirt
She wouldn't dare in those slit skirts, slit skirt
Wouldn't be seen dead in no slit skirt

Romance, romance, why aren't we thinking up romance?
Why can't we drink it up true heart romance
Just need a brief new romance

Let me tell you some more about myself, you know I'm sitting at home just now.
The big events of the day are passed and the late TV shows have come around.
I'm number one in the home team, but I still feel unfulfilled.
A silent voice in her broken heart complaining that I'm unskilled.

And I know that when she thinks of me, she thinks of me as him,
But, unlike me, she don't work off her frustration in the gym.

Recriminations fester and the past can never change
A woman's expectations run from both ends of the range

Once she walked with untamed lovers' face between her legs
Now he's cooled and stifled and it's she who has to beg

Slit skirts, Jeanie never wears those slit skirts
And I don't ever wear no ripped shirts
Can't pretend that growing older never hurts

Knee pants, Jeanie never wears no knee pants
We have to be so drunk to try a new dance
So afraid of every new romance

Slit skirts, slit skirt
Jeanie isn't wearing those slit skirts, slit skirt
She wouldn't dare in those slit skirts, slit skirt
Wouldn't be seen dead in no slit skirt

Slit skirts, slit skirt
Jeanie isn't wearing those slit skirts, slit skirt
She wouldn't dare in those slit skirts, slit skirt
Wouldn't be seen dead in no slit skirt

Romance, romance, why aren't we thinking up romance?
Why can't we drink it up true heart romance
Just need a brief new romance

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[roswell1965]

When Pete started saving his best writing for his solo records, as he clearly did here, The Who was officially toast..

[TrickyTolles64]

Yeah, Pete always felt that THEWHO took his best material. This was a major factor in the band dissolving. Now, apparently he's written more new material that will be played in THEWHO's fall '08 US Tour.

LONG LIVE ROCK!

[deepn2night]

Pete Townshend is like old world cool. He doesn't try and make nice, he doesn't sell out and he's super talented. I loved The Who when I 16 and still lsten to them 25 years later.

[JennaP46]

i so understand the meaning behind this song~~it comes from a very long term relationship when someone /or the other stops trying to keep the "romance" alive.We have to be so drunk to try a new dance"Why can't we drink it up true hard romance...:)married 28 yrs here...

[sharksnut]

the drummer and bassist both seem to be wearing the same logo shirt -- anybody know what logo that is?

Also, the copyright says 2002, but this looks like the original video version that aired on MTV in the 80s (different from the album)

[ritter89]

the only negative about this period for pete was that bizarre mid life crises "new wave" hairstyle he was sporting. balding and trendy hairstyles don't mix. great album, despite the hair

[batfrend]

what an interersting vers of 1 of my fav songs. luv th harmonica

[jjp009]

The greatest group of musicians ever assembled in one room!

[dersh65]

Pete is the greatest composer of ALL time. Sorry about your luck.

[mloaks]

concur, neat guy.

but that video fiasco hurt...

[jimbailey69]

I have to agree with cosmicwarrior: I'd also like that guitar outro to go on longer.

[zornfizza2]

Had to come here to hear the harmonica embellishments - lovely. Would love a less-crispy version ..oh well, thanks! P.S. I heart Mark Brzezicki :D

[cosmicwarrior287]

the piano is earcatcher.always found it a pity that the outro was too short,because the guitar part is awesome.