Won't Get Fooled Again

A song by The Who. It's about a revolution, which overthrows a corrupt government, but ends up becoming corrupt itself. Released on Who's Next, 1971.

It's a rock classic and The Who's biggest success.

We'll be fighting in the streets
With our children at our feet
And the morals that they worship will be gone
And the men who spurred us on
Sit in judgement of all wrong
They decide and the shotgun sings the song

I'll tip my hat to the new constitution
Take a bow for the new revolution
Smile and grin at the change all around
Pick up my guitar and play
Just like yesterday
Then I'll get on my knees and pray
We don't get fooled again

The change, it had to come
We knew it all along
We were liberated from the fold, that's all
And the world looks just the same
And history ain't changed
'Cause the banners, they are flown in the next war

I'll tip my hat to the new constitution
Take a bow for the new revolution
Smile and grin at the change all around
Pick up my guitar and play
Just like yesterday
Then I'll get on my knees and pray
We don't get fooled again
No, no!

I'll move myself and my family aside
If we happen to be left half alive
I'll get all my papers and smile at the sky
Though I know that the hypnotized never lie
Do ya?

There's nothing in the streets
Looks any different to me
And the slogans are replaced, by-the-bye
And the parting on the left
Are now parting on the right
And the beards have all grown longer overnight

I'll tip my hat to the new constitution
Take a bow for the new revolution
Smile and grin at the change all around
Pick up my guitar and play
Just like yesterday
Then I'll get on my knees and pray
We don't get fooled again
Don't get fooled again
No, no!

Yeaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah!

Meet the new boss,
Same as the old boss!

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these sleeping dogs won't lie

"These sleeping dogs won't lie, as opposed to "let sleeping dogs lie" meaning:

1.To avoid starting old conflicts
2.Not to disturb a situation as it is

So "These Sleeping Dogs won't lie" means:

1.Some kind of conflict continues and "rears it ugly head"

Example: These sleeping dogs won't lie can be said about:

1.An issue that is still unsettled
2.Conflict between countries etc.

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That won't fit in my oven

Where a person acknowledges some task or achievement as impossible or unattainable.

Gary: Hey Chris, are we hosting next week's party at your house?
Chris: No way, that won't fit in my oven

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Like a turd that won't flush.

“Like a turd that won't flush” can mean an excrement that you can‘t flush down the toilet. But when said to someone or about someone, it means an irritating person that just won’t go away.

It is mostly used in the latter sense.

Example 1:

He just keeps on bugging everyone and doesn’t know when to go away, like a turd that won't flush.

Example 2:

Guy 1: I don’t want him to come with us!

Guy 2: So why don’t we ignore him, and he might take the hint.

Guy 1: I doubt it, he’s like a turd that won't flush.

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Don't move and it won't hurt

a phrase usable in numerous situations. The original usage is if you are pulling someone's hair, but the joke can easily be used in a sexual sitatuation.

{upon grabbing someone's hair}

You: Don't move and it won't hurt!

bet you won't swing

Tellin someone you bet they won't do something, particularily you bet they won't start a fight.

Girl I'm bout to beat his ass!

I bet you won't swing!

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when in doubt won't

Stubbornly resolute rendition of when in doubt don't. Advice you wish you had listened to a couple weeks after

If only when in doubt won't was considered moral morrows wouldn't have withered.

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