Iron Man Recitative Lyrics - Pete Townshend

The Iron Man came to the top of the cliff 

How far had he walked? Nobody knows 

Where had he come from? Nobody knows 

How was he made? Nobody knows 

Taller than a house, the Iron Man stood at the top of the cliff, in the darkness. 

The wind sang through his iron fingers 

And his great iron head, shaped like a dustbin but as big as a bedroom, 

Slowly turned to the right 

Slowly turned to the left 

He was hearing the sea. 

His eyes like headlamps, glowed white then red 

Then infa-red, searching the sea 

Never before had the Iron Man seen the sea. 

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He swayed in the strong wind that pressed against his back 

He swayed forward, on the brink of the high cliff 

And his right foot, his enormous iron right foot, lifted-up, out, 

Into space, 

And the Iron Man stepped forward, off the cliff, into nothingness 

CRASH. 

Down the cliff the Iron Man came toppling head over heels 

CRASH! 

CRASH! 

CRASH! 

From rock to rock, tumbling slowly, 

And as he crashed and crashed his iron legs fell off, 

His iron arms broke off, and the hands broke off the arms 

His great iron ears fell off 

And his eyes fell out 

His great iron head fell off. 

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All the separate pieces tumbled scattered crashing 

Bumping clanging down, on to the rocky beach below 

Then silence. 

Nobody knew the Iron Man had fallen 

Nobody knew the Iron Man had fallen.