The Who's Tommy - I Believe My Own Eyes Lyrics

1993 Broadway
The Who's Tommy the Musical - I Believe My Own Eyes Lyrics

MR WALKER:
This can't continue
It makes no sense
We're getting nowhere.
I've lost all my confidence.
The boy wants something.
I'm satisfied;
He needs attention
And care our love can't provide
And then, there's the matter of us...

(Mr. Walker takes his wife's hands and holds them with tender intensity.)

I'd like to prove
That I don't think that you've
Seen the best of me.
I've stood up for the boy
And I've clung to the hopes and the lies.
I wish that the pain
In your gaze could again
be a test of me.
But when I look in the mirror
I believe my own eyes.

(Mr. Walker crosses to Tommy, still staring into the mirror)

I believe my own eyes
Know I've come to the end...
All my patience is gone.
When I'm doubtful, I tend
To believe my own eyes.

MR WALKER:
I'd like to declare
This devotion and care
Is the life to live.
That nothing has changed
And that time isn't passing us by.
But I have to say here
That, for us, there's a clear-
cut alternative.
When we look at eachother
We believe our own eyes.

(Mr. Walker leads Tommy to the sofa and sits him down)

MR. & MRS WALKER:
I believe my own eyes
Know I've come to the end...
All my patience is gone.
When I'm doubtful, I tend
To believe my own eyes.
This has gone far enough!
After all we've been through...
We can't be blamed;
We've done all we can humanly do.
It's a time to be tough,
A time to be wise.
We must stop chasing false dreams
And recover our lives.
I believe my own eyes
Know I've come to the end...
All my patience is gone.
When I'm doubtful, I tend
To believe...
I'd like to believe
That I don't feel that we've
seen the best of us.
And the way to believe
is to see where the real future lies.
I hope that the pain
In your gaze can again
Be a test of us.
And when I look in the mirror
I believe my own eyes.
Let's believe our own eyes.
Know that we've come to the end...
All our patience is gone.
Let's admit we intend...

MR. WALKER: (exiting)
...To believe our own eyes.

MRS. WALKER:
...To believe our own eyes.

(The image of Tommy as a four year old appears in the mirror)

FOUR-YEAR OLD TOMMY:
Tommy, Tommy, Tommy, Tommy, Tommy.

(Tommy crosses to the mirror and stares.
Furiously Mrs. Walker wrenches him away from his reflection.)

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