genius.com, https://genius.com/The-who-baba-oriley-lyrics.
«The name of the song is a combination of Meher Baba, about whom and his influence on him Pete Townshend elabporates in a Rolling Stone article – an Indian guru that kept silent from 1935 until his death in 1969 who inspired Townshend spiritually, and Terry Riley – a musician and classical composer that also inspired him.»