The Who - I Like Nightmares lyrics

I like nightmares I like being witless Watch for the newsflash Cool eyewitness Eighty one, eighty two, eighty three, it's happening Gotta be a f**ing fool to blame TV, don't get trapped in If you're lucky be the same as me I like nightmares, yes I do There's a simple way to die they call it news There's a simple way to fly they call it booze There's an easy quiet escape just sleep and cruise It's justifiable rape they say you choose I like nightmares I like feeling chick less Flicking my lighter Watching life flit west Eighty one, eighty two, eighty three, it's happening Can we afford to strike three, don't trust the captain He's just a boy like me And I like nightmares, yes I do There's a common way to weep they say just smoke You can cry yourself to sleep they say just toke There's a path that never fails you can't get lost Don't need roads, you're on rails I'll pay the cost And I like nightmares, yes I do We were wasted, but you're only waylaid once What we tasted was a voucher bag and lunch We robbed their bank and we took their gold And our lies in the tank must've sounded old But we pleaded I said, "Your honour, we're not chumps After all, we only did it once!" We like nightmares They test our fitness A full can of goulash A taint in the mid-west Eighty one, eighty two, eighty three, it's happening Nothing floats interest free, don't care what it's wrapped in You could be abreast like me And I like nightmares, yes I do I like nightmares