You Better You Bet

Album: Face Dances (1981)
Charted: 9 18
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  • You better you better you bet, ooh
    You better you better you bet, ooh
    You better you better you bet, ooh
    You better you better you bet, ooh

    I call you on the telephone
    My voice too rough with cigarettes
    I sometimes feel I should just go home
    But I'm dealing with a memory that never forgets
    I love to hear you say my name
    Especially when you say, "Yes"
    I got your body right now on my mind
    But I drunk myself blind
    To the sound of old T-Rex
    To the sound of old T-Rex
    Oh, and Who's Next?

    When I say, "I love you," you say, "You better"
    (You better, you better, you bet)
    When I say, "I need you," you say, "You better"
    (You better, you better, you bet)
    You better bet your life
    Or love will cut you like a knife

    I want those feeble minded axes overthrown
    I'm not into your passport picture, I just like your nose
    You welcome me with open arms and open legs
    I know only fools have needs but this one never begs
    I don't really mind how much you love me
    Ooh, a little is alright
    When you say, "Come over and spend the night"
    Tonight, tonight

    When I say, "I love you," you say, "You better"
    (You better, you better, you bet)
    When I say, "I need you," you say, "You better"
    (You better, you better, you bet)
    You better bet your life
    Or love will cut you, cut you like a knife

    I lay on the bed with you
    We could make some book of records
    Your dog keeps licking my nose
    And chewing up all those letters
    Saying, "You better
    You better bet your life"

    You better love me, all the time now
    You better shove me back into line now
    You better love me, all the time now
    You better shove me back into line now

    I showed up late one night with a neon light for a visa
    But knowing I'm so eager to fight can't make letting me in any easier
    I know I've been wearing crazy clothes and I look pretty crappy, sometime
    But my body feels so good and I still sing a razor line every time
    And when it comes to all night living
    I know what I'm giving
    I've got it all down to a tee
    And it's free

    When I say, "I love you," you say, "You better"
    (You better, you better, you bet)
    When I say, "I need you," you say, "You better"
    (You better, you better, you bet)
    When I say, "I love you," you say, "You better"
    (You better, you better, you bet)
    When I say, "I need you," you scream, "You better"
    (You better, you better, you bet) ooh
    When I say, "I love you," you say, "You better"
    (You better, you better, you bet)
    And when I say, "I need you," you say, "You better"
    (You better, you better, you bet)
    When I say, "I love you," you say, "You better"
    (You better, you better, you bet)
    When I say, "I need you," you scream, "You better"
    (You better, you better, you bet)

    You better bet your life
    Or love will cut you just like a knife Writer/s: Peter Dennis Blandford Townshend
    Publisher: Royalty Network, Spirit Music Group
    Lyrics licensed and provided by LyricFind

Comments: 2

  • L. L. Snoop Diddy from VegasA Who song that mentions a Who album in the lyrics. (Who's Next)
  • Barry from Sauquoit, NyOn March 28, 1981, the Who were guests on the weekly syndicated television program, 'Solid Gold'...
    At the time their "You Better You Be" was at #48 on Billboard's Top 100 chart, six weeks later it would peak at #18 {for 3 weeks} and it spent fifteen weeks on the Top 100...
    It reached #4 on the Canadian RPM Singles chart...
    Between 1965 and 1982 the British quartet had twenty-six records on the Top 100 chart, one made the Top 10, "I Can See for Miles", it peaked at #9 for two weeks on November 19th, 1967...
    Sadly, two of the four original members have passed away, Keith Moon at age 32 on September 7th, 1978, and John Entwistle on June 27th, 2002 at age 57...
    May they both R.I.P.
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