"Don't Let Go the Coat" is a song written by Pete Townshend and first released on The Who's 1981 album Face Dances.

[5][6] Several authors, including Stephen Thomas Erlewine, regard the lyrics of "Don't Let Go the Coat" as an ode to spiritual guru Meher Baba.

[1] But regardless, the song strikes themes of spiritual torment, fear of abandonment and the need to keep faith, beginning with the lines:[1] "I can't be held responsible for blown behavior I've lost all contact with my only saviour" Musically, "Don't Let Go the Coat" has a country rock flavor.

[1] Record World described the chorus as "nifty", Townsend's guitar solo as "tasteful" and Roger Daltrey's lead vocal as "gentle.

"[1] Chris Charlesworth asserts that lead singer Roger Daltrey's bravado is ill-suited to the song's confession of inadequacy and unworthiness.