[Susan Foreman]

'Put The Money Down' is an upbeat 'Lifehouse' outtake with a slow synthesizer break. The song falls short of the standard of songs on the 'Who's Next' album although the message - a diatribe about the lack of relationship between the audience and the artist - comes across clearly enough. The track remained uncompleted until 1974 completed the vocal recording so that the song could be included on this album

The mention of 'bands killing chickens' is a reference to The Alice Cooper Group and the infamous incident at the Toronto Rock 'n' Roll festival in 1969 when a live chicken was ripped apart by members of the audience

"I got lost in the back streets, trying to get here tonight,
The police were asking questions, they took me to the wrong place twice.
I even lost my passport, and I forgot my name and town,
But now I'm here by the water, put the money down.

Before I walk on the water,
Put the money down, down, down,
There are bands killing chickens,
My hero's getting pushed around, 'round, 'round.

I don't know if I trust you as you try to shoot me down,
Before I walk on the water,
Put the money down, down, down,
Put the money down.

It was a beautiful day in Columbus when the fences fell
But the five loaves and the fishes ain't going to be much help,
I got a hungry juggler here who wants to be at the head,
Before he walks the water he wants his bread.

Take a glass of that light brown ale and a purple pill,
If the air don't get you too sure as hell the pill will,
Oh, mommy, mommy, please may I go downtown?

He's gonna walk on the water,
Put the money down,
Put it down, before I walk on the water,
Put the money down, down, down.

There are bands killing chickens,
My hero's getting pushed around, round, round,

I don't know if I trust you as you try to shoot me down,
I'm gonna walk on the water,
Put the money down, down, down, down, down,
Put the money down.
In a tin cup."

'Little Billy' is a fun song. It's a stern anti-cigarette song that was recorded for the American Cancer Society with fairly grisly lyrics - for once Pete might have been influenced by John - that really do suggest that smoking kills. Mind you, all four members of the band were smokers at the time, so it is somewhat hypocritical! Ultimately, however, the entertaining piece was rejected by the American Cancer Society on the grounds that it was too frightening!

In later years. the band, and Roger in particular, has been very supportive of the Teenage Cancer Trust charity, and have raised close to £3,000,000 to help provide specialist teenage cancer wards. The sell-out concerts by the band and their friends at the Royal Albert Hall in London have become a flagship event in the Teenage Cancer Trust’s annual calendar

"Little Billy was the fattest kid in his class
Always the last in line
All the other little kids would laugh at him
Said he'd die before his time

Ha ha ha ha
Ha ha ha ha
Little Billy didn't mind

Most of the kids smoked cigarettes
Just to prove that they were cool
The teacher didn't know about the children's games
And Billy always followed the rules

Ha ha ha ha
Ha ha ha ha
Little Billy didn't mind

Billy was big on the outside
But there's an even bigger man inside
Ten million cigarettes burning every day
And Billy's still doing fine

Now Billy and his classmates are middle-aged
With children of their own
Their smoking games are reality now
And cancer's seed is sown… "