Eyesight to the Blind (The Hawker)

Track 6 on Tommy

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In a last-ditch effort to try to save Tommy, his parents give him to “The Hawker,” a pimp who gives Tommy to a prostitute to try to cure him with drugs. The only cover… Read More

May. 23, 19691 viewer18.5K views

Eyesight to the Blind (The Hawker) Lyrics

[Instrumental Intro]

[Verse 1]
You talk about your woman, I wish you could see mine
Yeah, you talk about your woman, I wish you could see mine
Every time she starts to lovin', she brings eyesight to the blind

[Verse 2]
You know her daddy gave her magic
I can tell by the way she walks
Her daddy gave her magic
I can tell by the way she walks
Every time she starts to shakin', the dumb begin to talk

[Instrumental Bridge]

[Verse 3]
She's got the power to heal you, never fear
Oh, she's got the power to heal you, never fear
Just a word from her lips and the deaf begin to hear

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In a last-ditch effort to try to save Tommy, his parents give him to “The Hawker,” a pimp who gives Tommy to a prostitute to try to cure him with drugs.

The only cover song on Tommy, “Eyesight to the Blind” was originally recorded as a 12-bar blues by Sonny Boy Williamson II in 1951.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6bxtS6UeOyo

Pete Townshend learned of the song from Mose Allison’s 1959 cover, though The Who’s version more closely resembles the original.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FAePxK6LO94