Eminence Front | The Who (Song)
Pete Townshend has introduced the song this way, in concert:
“This song is about what happens when you take too much white powder; it’s called ‘Eminence Front’.”
source: genius.com
Studio version (audio):
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Another version: A live promo filmed during a rehearsal at the Capital Centre, Landover, Maryland on 22 September 1982.
Content Source/Creator: The Who
The sun shines
And people forget
The spray flies as the speedboat glides
And people forget
Forget they’re hiding
The girls smile
And people forget
The snow packs as the skier tracks
And people forget
Forget they’re hiding
Behind an eminence front
Eminence front, it’s a put on
It’s an eminence front
It’s an eminence front, it’s a put on
An eminence front
Eminence front, it’s a put on, eminence front
It’s an eminence front
It’s an eminence front, it’s a put on
It’s a put on, it’s a put on, it’s a put on
Come on join the party, dress to kill
Won’t you come and join the party dress to kill
Dress to kill
The drinks flow
People forget
That big wheel spins, the hair thins
People forget
Forget they’re hiding
The news slows
People forget
The shares crash, hopes are dashed
People forget
Forget they’re hiding
Behind an eminence front
Eminence front, it’s a put on
It’s just an eminence front
An eminence front, it’s a put on
An eminence front
An eminence front, it’s a put on
Eminence front
It’s an eminence front, it’s a put on
It’s a put on, it’s a put on, it’s a put on
Come and join the party, dress to
Come and join the party, dress to
Come on join the party, dress to
Come on join the party, dress to kill
Dress yourself to kill
Songwriter: Pete Townshend
Lyrics source: https://genius.com/The-who-eminence-front-lyrics
