


* Canadian rock group Rush recorded a cover of the song on their 2004 album Feedback. The Who revived the song on the 2006-2007 tour for Endless Wire. as Decca 732729, it hit the Billboard charts on April 11, 1970, eventually peaking at #44. I don't think we even got to play it in the States." (Actually, this is not true, as the band did perform it for about two weeks on their 1970 American tour.) Released in the UK as Track 604036 on March 21, 1970, it reached #19 in the charts. The alligator turned into an elephant and finally stampeded itself to death on stages around England. But that's always where the trouble starts, in the swamp. It sounded great in the mosquito-ridden swamp I made it up in, Florida at three in the morning drunk out of my brain with Tom Wright and John Wolf. Then Kit had a tooth pulled, breaking his jaw, and we did it ourselves.

We did it once at my home studio, then at IBC where we normally worked then with Kit Lambert producing. "It suffered from being the first thing we did after Tommy, and also from being recorded a few too many times. "I suppose I like this least of all the stuff", wrote Townshend. " The Seeker" is a song written by Pete Townshend and performed by English rock band The Who, and featured on their 1971 compilation album Meaty Beaty Big and Bouncy. I won't get to get what I'm after Till the day I die I won't get to get what I'm after Till the day I die I'm looking for me You're looking for you We're looking in at each other And we don't know what to do I learned how to raise my voice in anger Yeah, but look at my face, ain't this a smile? I'm happy when life's good and when it's bad I cry I've got values but I don't know how or why

I won't get to get what I'm after Till the day I die People tend to hate me 'Cause I never smile As I ransack their homes They wanna shake my handįocusing on nowhere The Who - The Seeker - Investigating miles I'm a seeker I'm a really desperate man I asked Bobby Dylan I asked The Beatles I asked Timothy Leary But he couldn't help me either They call me 'The Seeker' I've been searching low and high I won't get to get what I'm after Till the day I die I've looked under chairs I've looked under tables I've tried to find the key To fifty million fables
