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Track: The Sea Refuses No River
Artist: Pete Townshend
Album: All The Best Cowboys Have Chinese Eyes

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Name: Pete Townshend
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British guitarist, composer, singer, multi-instrumentalist, producer and author, born 19 May 1945 in Chiswick, West London, England, UK. He is best known for his more-than 50-year association with the rock band [a=The Who], as co-founder and leader, principal songwriter, guitarist, and vocalist. Established and owned [l=Pete Townshend's Home Studio] (a series of six home studios). In the early 1970s, he unveiled a number of companies under the umbrella of [url=/label/269086]Eel Pie[/url], which incorporated the studios [l=Goring Studios], [l=Boathouse Studios]/[l=Oceanic Studios, Twickenham]/[l=Eel Pie Studios] (in Twickenham, London), [l=Eel Pie Studio, Soho, London] and [l=Grand Cru Studios]. He sold the studios in 2008. In 1983, Townshend received the Brit Award for Lifetime Achievement. In 1990, he was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as a member of The Who. Grammy Award winner in 1994 (Best Musical Show Album, for [Link]) and again in 2001 (Lifetime Achievement Award). In 2001, he received the Ivor Novello Award for Lifetime Achievement. Son of [a=Cliff Townshend] and oldest brother of [a=Paul Townshend] and [a=Simon Townshend]. Owner of [a=Towser]. On 20th May 1968, he married Karen Astley, thus becoming son-in-law of [a=Edwin Astley] and brother-in-law of [a=Jon Astley], [a=Virginia Astley] and [a=Alison Astley]. He and Karen's children are [a=Emma Townshend] (born 28.3.1969), [a=Aminta Townshend] (born 24.4.1971) and Joseph Townshend (born 1989). He and Karen separated in September 1994 and finally divorced in 2009. He then secretly married [a=Rachel Fuller] in Twickenham, London, in December 2016 (more than two decades after their romance began).

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Release: Pete Townshend - All The Best Cowboys Have Chinese Eyes
Year: 1982
Genres: Rock
Styles: Rock & Roll, Classic Rock, Art Rock

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LYRICS

I remember being richer than a king
The minutes of the day were golden
I recall that when the joint passed round
My body felt a little colder
But now I'm like a sewer channel - running lime and scag
Let me get at the master panel - let me at my stack

The sea refuses no river
And right now this river's banks are blown
The sea refuses no river
Whether stinking and rank
Or red from the tank
Whether pure as a spring
There's no damned thing stops the poem
The sea refuses no river
And this river is homeward flowing

I have seen a trace of strain
In other's eyes not spoken
I must admit that I enjoyed their pain
But this time it's me that's broken
I demand for you and His
This must be the time
When we decide what freedom is
Turn water into wine

For the sea refuses no river
We're polluted now but in our hearts still clean
The sea refuses no river
We tried not to age
But time had it's rage
We're washed over stones
From babes into clones of the mean
The sea won't refuse this muddy river
Nor deny the sulfurous stream

There was a fool in a dressing robe
Riding out the twilight hour
Lonely and cold in an empty home
Trying to assess his power
But now he's like a stream in flood
Swollen by the storm
He doesn't care if he sheds his blood
Let him be reborn

For the sea refuses no river
Remember that when the beggar buys a round
The sea refuses no river
And rain fills the gutters
No time for stutters
This is our chance
To sing and to dance and to clown
The sea refuses no river
And rivers were sprung to drown

The sea refuses no river
No pecking code respected for the damned
The sea refuses no river
Whether starving or ill
Or strung on some pill
Just 'cos you own the land
There's no unique hand plugs the dam
The sea refuses no river
And the river is where I am

The river is where I am.