Commonwealth Boys - Pete Townshend

Don’t ever call me a man

I’ll decide for myself to tell you what I am

Don’t want to be called a boy know more

Cause boys fill the trenches in imperialist war

Don’t ever call me a queen

Victoria and values just ain’t the scene

Don’t want to be held responsible for you

To blame you for the future and the history too

We are the Commonwealth boys

South African village Jamaican toys

Born to create but trained to destroy

And I am a Commonwealth boy

Don’t ask if I’m a respectable force

I’m a ineffectual, intellectual of course

You would not up stand a really pretentious fool

I became aware in the care of a waitresses' school

Don’t even call me a friend of the post

The fox holes have fallen and the cemeteries closed

And I’ve been slaving down on charity farm

Living like a socialist with blood on my arm

We are the Commonwealth youths

From Tunder and Turnside were looking for jobs

Born to create but doomed to destroy

I am a Commonwealth boy

Don’t ever call me a man

I’ll decide for myself to tell you what I am

Don’t want to be called a boy know more

Cause boys fill the trenches in imperialist war

Don’t ever call me a queen

Victoria and values just ain’t my scene

Don’t want to be responsible for you

We blame you for the future and the history too

Don’t ever call me a man

I’ll decide when my life ends

I’m a boy I’m a boy don’t you tell the fairies

I’m a boy I’m a boy but my mother would not admit it