“Going Mobile” is a song written by Pete Townshend and originally released by The Who on their 1971 album Who’s Next. It was originally written for Townshend’s abandoned Lifehouse project, with lyrics celebrating the joy of having a mobile home and being able to travel the open road. The Who’s normal lead singer Roger Daltrey did not take part in the recording of the song; Townshend handles the lead vocals, guitars and synthesizers, with Keith Moon on drums and John Entwistle on bass.
I’m goin’ home
And when I wanna go home
I’m goin’ mobile
Well, I’m gonna find a home
And we’ll see how it feels
Goin’ mobile
Keep me movin’
I can pull up by the curb
I can make it on the road
Goin’ mobile
I can stop in any street
Invitin’ people that we meet
Goin’ mobile
Keep me movin’
Out in the woods
Or in the city
It’s all the same to me
When I’m drivin’ free, the world’s my
Home
When I’m mobile
Hee, hoo!
beep beep!
Play the tape machine
Make the toast and tea
When I’m mobile
Well I can lay in bed
With only highway ahead
When I’m mobile
Keep me movin’
Keep me movin’
Over 50
Keep me groovin’
Just a hippie gypsy
Come on move now
Movin’
Keep me movin’, yeah
Keep me movin’, groovin’, groovin’,
Yeah
Movin’, Yeah
Mobile, mobile, mobile, mobile, …
I don’t care about pollution
I’m an air-conditioned gypsy
That’s my solution
Watch the police and the tax man miss
Me
I’m mobile
Oooooh, yeah, hee!
Mobile, mobile, mobile yeah