The Who - No road romance - 1996 who are you version lyrics

When you look through the lights to the stage You see the man of your dreams You think his life's full of parties and love But it's not what it seems If you could see in his room right now You'd see how much love is showed There's never really any romance on the road His forehead seems cut in two By the crease in his brown He chews his nails and he fidgets Just tryin' to settle on down The TV channels keep flippin' His adrenaline slowed There's never really any romance on the road, oh no There's never romance on the road Only frustration and overload He could fall in love but he'd never know For she's only riding and he's only hiding He's sure to ask but she won't say,"No" But there's never really any romance on the road He was up in the bar straight-backed Did you see him before? Did he sign you his name? Come with me, listenin' at his door Hear himself so drunk calling home Can't remember the code You know, there's never really any romance on the road Oh no, no, no He's held some beautiful girls in his arms But now he clutches his bunk For all the good that they're doing him now He might as well be a monk For his memories ain't worth a thing Till he's old and he's gone And his past never quite catches up The show's movin' on Did he say he kept a picture Of a blonde haired girl who'd been kind? When he was last home, his own daughter Brought it into his mind Maybe closing bars and jets Paid some debts that he owed But there's never really any romance on the road There's never romance on the road Only frustration and overload He's never learned a thing from the dust that blowed On stage for an hour, on a laser beam tower But you know he slept while the neon glowed There's never really any romance on the road There's never romance on the road Only frustration and overload He could fall in love but he'd never know For she's only riding and he's only hiding He's sure to ask but she won't say, "No" There's never really any romance on the road