How Can You Do It Alone Lyrics

How Can You Do It Alone

(Pete Townshend)   Saw a man about fifty or so  He looked lonely but his eyes
were bright  He was walking up the Holland Park Road  And I stopped him to ask
for a light  He practacally froze when I spoke  But eased when he saw my
cigarette  Then I saw as he lit up my smoke  Beneath his coat he was naked and
wet   With eyes full of shame  For he knew that I knew  He slumped to the wall
with a moan  I said "I know there's no name  For what you go through  But how
can you do it alone."   I crossed the street to the local newstore  Flicked
through some cheap magazines  Beside me some schoolkid I saw  Push some girlie
mags down into his jeans  The shop girl was watching amazed  Asked me to call
for the police.  She screamed at his blushing young face  And he escaped into
the streets.   With eyes full of shame etc.   Do it alone, how can you do it
alone,  I need your help, so I can do it by myself.  Do it alone, don't have to
breathe down a phone  I ain't got a clue, 'bout the things that you do  But
how...can you do it alone.   How can you do it.   Back at the flat my girl sat
in the shower  And wasn't too keen on me sharing  She came out well after an
hour  And by that time I was past caring  Some women it seems have the knack 
Of attaining that stars in their dreams  They simply relax and lay back  While
people like us scratch our jeans.   With eyes full of shame  And I know it must
show  I slump - and I fall and I groan  Will somebody explain  What I need to
know  How can you do it alone.   How can you do it.   How can you do it without
any help  How can you do it all by yourself.