Bernie's Holiday Camp


Pete Townshend © 1975 Towser Tunes Inc./Fabulous Music Ltd./Abkco Music Inc./BMI

Frank:
I'm your friendly greencoat
And I welcome you to Bernie's Holiday Camp
One day you'll be happy
It's Bernie you will thank
You must be little Tommy
Well call me Uncle Frank
Welcome you too, Mrs. Walker
Here you'll always find a helping hand
The camp with the extras
(Chalet number eleven)
When you come to Bernie's
You might thik you're in heaven

Tommy:
Didn't know I had an Uncle Frank
I've never met him, have I?
Look there, Mum, a cage of budgies
Swimming pool, and donkey rides all free!
It's all free, Mum!

Frank:
Here we have the winner, folks
Have you ever seen a lovelier pair?
What a shapely ankle
What a perfect shin
If you could feel this silken thigh
You'd know who has to win
If you could feel this silken thigh you'd know...

Nora (Mrs. Walker):
You don't know how much I've missed
To feel a man again, to dance, to kiss

Frank:
Your eyes reveal you're lonely

Nora:
This evening must pass slowly
Until we're one my heart won't rest
Will Tommy share our happiness?
You don't know how much I've missed
To feel a man, to dance, to kiss

Frank:
Of course he will I'll make him smile
I'll take him out to cinemas and fairs
Football and cricket
There'll never be a happier lad
I'll be more than an Uncle
I'll be just like a Dad

Tommy:
I will be a greencoat, too
And when I'm big I'll own a holiday camp
A camp with a difference
Always be good weather
When you come to Tommy's
The holiday's forever

Nora:
I'm glad you like your Uncle Frank
He'll surely love you, too
Just like a Dad

Tommy:
He's very nice I think
Did he fight in the war?

Tommy & Nora:
When he's got his greencoat on
I love him even more



Extra, Extra. Extra


Pete Townshend © 1975 Towser Tunes Inc./Fabulous Music Ltd./Abkco Music Inc./BMI

Newsboys:
Extra! Extra! Pinball bonanza
Deaf, dumb, and blind kid makes the big game
Saturday final he faces the Champ
Extra! Extra!
Pinball big time
Million in hand
You can rule the world from a yacht in the bay
Champagne flowing down
A popular man
Pinball--let's play
Tommy keeps a-winnin'
He's a millionaire
Mama's got a brand new Cadillac
Hurry to the show
We're nearly on the air
Extra! Extra!



Champagne


Pete Townshend © 1975 Towser Tunes Inc./Fabulous Music Ltd./Abkco Music Inc./BMI

Nora:
Today it rained champagne
A son was born again
A genius unchained
A life of wealth and fame
Wealth and fame
Champagne flowing dow just like rain
Caviar breakfasts every day
Merchant bankers and yachts at Cannes
Servants and cars and private sand

Tommy:
See me, feel me, touch me, heal me
See me, feel me, touch me, heal me
Heal me

Nora:
They flock in thousands strong
We'll just play along
A million in reserve
For our love a just deserve, just deserve
Francs and dollars and peacock's wings
Sequinned gowns and birds that sing
Private planes and fishing lakes
Bigger crowds and bigger, bigger takes
But what's it all worth, what's it all worth
When my son is blind
He can't hear the music
Nor enjoy what I'm buying
His life is worthless
Affecting mine
I'd pay any price
To drive his plight from my mind

Tommy:
See me, feel me, touch me, heal me
See me, feel me, touch me, heal me
Heal me



Mother And Son


Pete Townshend © 1975 Towser Tunes Inc./Fabulous Music Ltd./Abkco Music Inc./BMI

Nora:
Tommy, Tommy can you hear me?
Tommy, Tommy can yo hear me?

Tommy:
Mother! Father!
Touch me, feel me
Who am I?
Where did I come from?
Have you known me?
Have you seen me?
Mother

Nora:
You're a hero, you're famous
You're a champion of the young
You are rich, but it's so absurd
To try to explain all the things you've done
You're adored and you're loved
Thousands watch you play pinball
It's a fever and you're the master of the game
And now that you're whole
You'll be champion of the very soul

Tommy:
Yes, I'm healed
Delivered from silent darkness
No more locked doors or stifled screams
Pinball
What I see now before me
Is far beyond a game
Beyond your wildest dreams
Those who love me have a higher path to follow now
And you, dear Mother, too, must be prepared



T.V. Studio


Pete Townshend © 1975 Towser Tunes Inc./Fabulous Music Ltd./Abkco Music Inc./BMI

Nora:
He'll raise your weary spirits high
My son will teach your silent hearts to talk
Every home will have his picture
Pilgrims all will touch his hand
Pinball tables gold and silver
Altars to the Master's plan

Frank:
Rio, Paris, New York, London
Moscow, Peking, Tokyp, the world
Tommy camps in every city
Millions flocking in like sheep
What they want ain't cheap, 'S a pity
But who am I, to upset their dreams?