Lyrics to
However Much I Booze

This version of However Much I Booze was released by The Who in 1975.

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I see myself on T.V., I’m a faker, a paper clown
It’s clear to all my friends that I habitually lie; I just bring them down
I claim proneness to exaggeration
But the truth lies in my frustration
The children of the night, they all pass me by
Have to drench myself in brandy
In sleep I’ll hide
But however much I booze
There ain’t no way out
There ain’t no way out
I don’t care what you say, boy
There ain’t no way out

I lose so many nights of sleep worrying about my responsibilities
Are the problems that screw me up really down to him or me
My ego will just confuse me
Some day it’s going to up and use me
Dish me out another tailor-made compliment
Tell me about some destiny I can’t prevent
And however much I squirm
There ain’t no way out
There ain’t no way out
I don’t care what you say, boy
There ain’t no way out

Won’t somebody tell me how to get out of this place?!

Then the night comes down like a cell door closing
Suddenly I realize that I’m right now, I’m on the scene
While sitting here all alone with a bottle and my head a-floating
Far away from the phone and the conscience going on at me
And on at me, and I don’t care what you say
There ain’t no way out
There ain’t no way out

Now the walls are all clawed and scratched
Like by some soul insane
In the morning I humbly detach myself
I take no blame
I just can’t face my failure
I’m nothing but a well fucked sailor
You at home can easily decide what’s right
By glancing very briefly at the songs I write
But it don’t help me that you know
This ain’t no way out
Won’t somebody tell me?
I don’t care what you say, boy
There ain’t no way out

There ain’t no way out
There ain’t no way out
There ain’t no way out

Give me the key, lock it away

There ain’t
There ain’t
There ain’t no way out
There ain’t no way out
There ain’t no way out

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The lyrics to However Much I Booze are the words, verses and chorus for the song released by The Who in 1975. Elements of the lyrics to However Much I Booze are both direct in meaning and also metaphorical with the real meanings of the song only known by The Who and any collaborating writers working on the lyrics for However Much I Booze back when it was created.

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