HOWEVER MUCH I BOOZE
As recorded by The Who
(From the 1975 Album THE WHO BY NUMBERS)

[Intro]
                  (x2)

[Verse 1]
             
I see myself o

        
n T.V., I'm a 

             
faker, a paper

        
 clown
             
It's clear to 

              
all my friends

             
 that I habitu

         
ally lie; I ju

             
st bring them 

      
down
             
I claim boldne

              
ss to exaggera

     
tion
             
But the truth 

              
lies in my fru

     
stration
             
The children o

              
f the night, t

             
hey all pass m

 
e by
       
Got to drench 

myself in bran

dy
         
In sleep I'll 

     
hide
            
But however mu

        
ch I booze

[Chorus]
          
There ain't no

         
 way out
             
There ain't no

          
 way out
        
I don't care w

          
hat you say, b

   
oy
          
There ain't no

               
 way out

[Verse 2]
             
I lose so many

             
 nights of sle

         
ep worrying ab

             
out my respons

           
ibilities
             
Are the proble

              
ms that screw 

        
me up      rea

              
lly down to hi

         
m or me
             
My ego will ju

              
st confuse me
             
Some day it's 

              
gonna up and u

   
se  me
             
Fish me out an

              
other tailor-m

         
ade compliment
             
Tell me about 

              
some destiny I

          
 can't prevent
            
And however mu

         
ch I squirm

[Chorus]
          
There ain't no

         
 way out
             
There ain't no

          
 way out
        
I don't care w

          
hat you say, b

   
oy
          
There ain't no

              
 way out
             
Won't somebody

             
 tell me how t

             
o get out of t

his place?!

[Interlude]
           (x8)

[Bridge]
         
And the night 

              
comes down lik

              
e a cell door 

   
closing
         
 Suddenly I re

              
alize that I'm

              
 writing now m

      
ore honestly
             
 While sitting

              
 here all alon

              
e with a bottl

            
e and my head 

    
a-floating
             
Far away from 

              
the phone and 

              
the conscience

         
 going on at m

e
             
And on at me, 

            
and I don't ca

           
re what you sa

  
y
          
There ain't no

           
 way out
             
There ain't no

           
 way out

[Verse 3]
             
Now the walls 

              
are all clawed

     
 and scratched
             
Like by some s

           
oul insane
             
In the morning

              
 I hungoverly 

         
detach myself
             
I'll take no b

      
lame
             
I just can't f

            
ace my failure
             
I'm nothing bu

              
t a well-fucke

    
d sailor
             
You at home ca

           
n easily decid

       
e what's right
             
By glancing ve

              
ry briefly at 

         
the songs I wr

    
ite
              
But it don't h

         
elp me that yo

       
u know

[Chorus]
          
There ain't no

         
 way out
             
There ain't no

          
 way out
        
I don't care w

          
hat you say, b

   
oy
          
There ain't no

              
 way out
             
There ain't no

          
 way out

[Outro]
        (x8)