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as performed in the musical "Tommy"
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with Alistair Robins as mr. Walker
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Written by Pete Townsend
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Alistair: This can't continue
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It makes no sense
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we're getting nowhere
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I've lost all my confidence
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The boy wants something
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unsatisfied
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He needs attention
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and care our love can't provide
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And then, there's the matter of us
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I'd like to prove
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that I don't think you've seen the best of me
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I've stood up for the boy
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and I've clung to the hopes and the lies
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I wished that the pain in your gaze
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could again be a test of me
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but when I look in the mirror
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I believe my own eyes
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I believe my own eyes
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Now I've come to the end
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All my patience is gone
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When I'm doubtful I tend
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to believe my own eyes
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Kim: I'd like to declare
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This devotion and care is a life to live
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That nothing has changed
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and the time isn't passing us by
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But I have to say here
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that for us there is a clear-cut alternative
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When we look at eachother
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We believe our own eyes
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Both: I believe my own eyes
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Now I've come to the end
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All my patience is gone
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When I'm doubtful I tend
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To believe my own eyes
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This has gone far enough
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after all we've been through
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We can be brave
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We done all we can humanly do
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It's a time to be tough
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A time to be wise
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We must stop chasing our dreams and recover our lives
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I believe my own eyes
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Now I've come to the end
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All my patience is gone
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When I'm doubtful I tend
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To believe...
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I'd like to believe
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But I don't think that we've seen the best of us
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And a way to believe is to see where the real future lies
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I hope that the pain in your gaze can again be a test of me
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and when I look in the mirror
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I believe my own eyes
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Let's believe our own eyes
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No we've come to the end
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All our patience is gone
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Let's admit we intend to believe our own eyes
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Kim: ... to believe our own eyes
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I believe my own eyes
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Kim Wilde |