Pete Townshend Misunderstood lyrics

Just wanna be misunderstood
Wanna be feared in my neighborhood
Just wanna be a moody man
Say things that nobody can understand

I wanna be obscure and oblique
Inscrutable and vague, so hard to pin down
I wanna leave open mouths when I speak
Want people to cry when I put them down

I wanna be either old or young
Don't like where I've ended up or where I begun
I always feel I must get things in the can
I just can't handle it the way I am

Why am I so straight and simple?
People see through me like I'm made of glass
Why can't I deepen with graying temples?
Am I growing out of my class

I always feel I should be somewhere else
I feel impatient like a girl on the shelf

They say that I should live sera sera
But I am such an ordinary star

Cool walking, smooth talking, straight smoking, fire stoking
Cool walking, smooth talking, yeah

Just wanna be misunderstood
I wanna be feared in my neighborhood
Just wanna be a moody man
Say things that nobody can understand

Cool walking, smooth talking, straight smoking, fire stoking
Cool walking, smooth talking, straight smoking, fire stoking
Cool walking, smooth talking, straight smoking, fire stoking
Cool walking, smooth talking, straight smoking, fire stoking

Yeah
Hey baby