Fortune Teller lyrics
by Pete Townshend
[Roger Daltry]
Our first gig in England for a very long time... well, it seems like a long time. Actually, it's been about a month and a half, two months. And it's really great to play in England again. This is a—
[Crowd cheering]
[Roger Daltry]
We been over with the Germans, you know, ooh, ugh...
[Keith Moon]
There was food poisoning in the sauerkraut!
[Roger Daltry]
They're very tough, actually. This one is a rock and roll song, done by a guy called Benny Spellman, I'm sure you've never heard of him, but I'm sure you've heard of The Rolling Stones, cos they done it—
[Keith Moon]
The Merseybeats!
[Roger Daltry]
Ooh, yeah, The Merseybeats, they done it!
[Crowd jeering]
[Roger Daltry]
(laughing) And Wayne Fontana, he did it! And now we do it, it's one called "Fortune Teller."
[Keith Moon]
And ours is the most important version!