Optional Journal as Paper Generation Idea:
Below is a live performance by the band The Who of their song, "Teenage Wasteland." Included are the lyrics to the song. Watch the performance and read the lyrics. Why would Anne Tyler select this song as the title of her story? How does the song relate to the characters and their situations?
Baba O'Rily written by Pete Townshend
From the album ‘THE LIFEHOUSE CHRONICLES’
Out here in the fields
I fight for my meals
I get my back into my living
I don't need to fight
To prove I'm right
I don't need to be forgiven
My kids ain't gonna break my heart
My greed ain't gonna spoil their part
This life just has to be a new one
I'm gonna tan underneath a new sun
Don't cry
Don't raise your eye
It's only teenage wasteland
Don't have the latest suit, the long grass is my fruit
I am really ordinary man
The family is free to do just as they please
And we all sleep together in the caravan
Hey you, don't walk on the turnips
My lord, when will they ever learn it, ooh
Look there, nations of travelling children
Nowhere to go to escape the chill wind
Don't cry
Don't raise your eye
It's only teenage wasteland
My kids ain't gonna break my heart
And my greed ain't gonna spoil their part
This life just has to be a new one
I'm gonna tan underneath a new sun
Sally, take my hand
We'll travel south crossland
Put out the fire
And don't look past my shoulder
The exodus is here
The happy ones are near
Let's get together
Before we get much older
Teenage wasteland
Teenage wasteland
Teenage wasteland
It's only teenage wasteland
Teenage wasteland
It's only teenage wasteland
Teenage wasteland
It's only teenage wasteland
They're all wasted!
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