esta pérola com mais de quarenta anos foi escrita por pete townsend para um projecto chamado "lifehouse", que seria uma espécie de sequela para a ópera-rock "tommy", e pretendia ser um suposto lamento cantado na primeira pessoa, uma confissão de alguém angustiado com o dilema entre a tentação e o remorso. 
acabou por ser uma das canções incluída no álbum "who's next" e tornou-se um clássico imortal.



No one knows what it's like
To be the bad man
To be the sad man
Behind blue eyes

No one knows what it's like
To be hated
To be fated
To telling only lies

But my dreams
They aren't as empty
As my conscience seems to be

I have hours, only lonely
My love is vengeance
That's never free

No one knows what it's like
To feel these feelings
Like I do
And I blame you

No one bites back as hard
On their anger
None of my pain and woe
Can show through

But my dreams
They aren't as empty
As my conscience seems to be

I have hours, only lonely
My love is vengeance
That's never free

When my fist clenches, crack it open
Before I use it and lose my cool
When I smile, tell me some bad news
Before I laugh and act like a fool

If I swallow anything evil
Put your finger down my throat
If I shiver, please give me a blanket
Keep me warm, let me wear your coat

No one knows what it's like
To be the bad man
To be the sad man
Behind blue eyes