Lyrics Misunderstood - Pete Townshend, Ronnie Lane

Misunderstood

Just wanna be misunderstood
Wanna be feared in my neighborhood
Just wanna be a moody man
Say things that nobody can understand
I wanna be obscure and oblique
Inscrutable and vague
So hard to pin down
I wanna leave open mouths when I speak
Want people to cry when I put them down
I wanna be either old or young
Don’t like where I’ve ended up or where I begun
I always feel I must get things in the can
I just can’t handle it the way I am Why am I so straight and simple
People see through me like I’m made of glass
Why can’t I deepen with graying temples
Am I growing out of my class
I always feel I should be somewhere else
I feel impatient like a girl on the shelf
They say that I should live sera sera
But I am such an ordinary star
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Coolwalkingsmoothtalking, yeah
Just wanna be misunderstood
I wanna be feared in my neighborhood
Just wanna be a moody man
Say things that nobody can understand
Coolwalkingsmoothtalkingstraightsmokingfirestoking
Coolwalkingsmoothtalkingstraightsmokingfirestoking
Coolwalkingsmoothtalkingstraightsmokingfirestoking
Coolwalkingsmoothtalking, yeah