Quadrophenia
The Who
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I Am the Sea
02 : 09
2
The Real Me
03 : 21
3
Quadrophenia
06 : 14
4
Cut My Hair
03 : 49
5
The Punk and the Godfather
05 : 11
6
I’m One
02 : 39
7
The Dirty Jobs
04 : 30
8
Helpless Dancer
02 : 35
9
Is It in My Head?
03 : 46
10
I’ve Had Enough
06 : 17
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Track Lyrics
I Am the Sea Lyrics
[Waves crashing throughout]
[Eerie sound effects throughout]
[Piano tinkling]
[Pete Townshend, whispering]
“I am the sea.”
[Roger Daltrey]
Forever, forever…
[French horn]
Is it me, for a moment?
Bellboy! Bellboy!
Love, reign o'er me…
Can you see the real me, can ya?
Can ya?
The Real Me Lyrics
[Verse 1]
I went back to the doctor
To get another shrink
I sit and tell him 'bout my weekend
But he never betrays what he thinks, whoo
[Chorus]
Can you see the real me, doctor, doctor?
Can you see the real me, doctor?
Oh, doctor
[Verse 2]
I went back to my mother
I said, "I'm crazy ma, help me"
She said, "I know how it feels, son
'Cause it runs in the family"
[Chorus]
Can you see the real me, mother, mother?
Can you see the real me, mother?
Oh, mama
Can you see
Can you see the real me?
Can you see
Can you see the real me?
The real me, the real me
[Bridge]
The cracks between the paving stones
Like rivers of flowing veins
Strange people who know me
Peeping from behind every window pane
The girl I used to love
Lives in this yellow house
Yesterday she passed me by
She doesn't wanna know me now
[Chorus]
Can you see the real me? Can you? Can you?
Can you see the real me? Can you?
Oh, yeah
[Verse 3]
I ended up with the preacher
Full of lies and hate
I seemed to scare him a little
So he showed me to the golden gate
[Chorus]
Can you see the real me, preacher, preacher?
Can you see the real me, preacher?
[Outro]
Can you see? Can you see? Can you see? Oh
Can you see the real me, doctor?
Can you see the real me, mother?
Can you see the real me, me, me, me, me…
Cut My Hair Lyrics
[Verse 1]
Why should I care
If I have to cut my hair?
I got to move with the fashion
Or be outcast
I know I should fight
But my old man, he's really alright
And I'm still living at home
Even though it won't last
[Chorus]
Zoot suit, white jacket with side vents
Five inches long
I'm out on the street again
And I'm leaping along
Dressed right for a beach fight
But I just can't explain
Why that uncertain feeling
Is still here in my brain
[Verse 2]
The kids at school
Have parents that seem so cool
And though I don't want to hurt them
Mine want me their way
I clean my room and my shoes
But my mother found a box of blues
And there doesn't seem much hope
They'll let me stay
[Chorus]
Zoot suit, white jacket with side vents
Five inches long
I'm out on the street again
And I'm leaping along
Dressed right for a beach fight
But I just can't explain
Why that uncertain feeling
Is still here in my brain
[Bridge]
Why do I have to be different to them
Just to earn the respect of a dance hall friend?
We have the same old row, again and again
Why do I have to move with a crowd
Of kids that hardly notice I'm around?
I work myself to death just to fit in
[Verse 3]
I'm coming down
Got home on the very first train from town
My dad just left for work
He wasn't talking
It's all a game
And inside, I'm just the same
My fried egg makes me sick
First thing in the morning
The Punk and the Godfather Lyrics
[Verse 1: Punk 1]
You declared you would be three inches taller
You only became what we made you
Thought you were chasing a destiny calling
You only earned what we gave you
You fell and cried as our people were starving
Now you know that we blame you
You tried to walk on the trail we were carving
Now you know that we framed you
[Chorus: Godfather 1]
I'm the guy in the sky
Flying high, flashing eyes
No surprise I told lies
I'm the punk in the gutter
I'm the new president
And I grew and I bent
Don't you know? Don't it show?
I'm the punk with the stutter
(My, my, my, my, my g-g-g-g-generation)
(My, my, my, my, my g-g-g-g-generation)
[Verse 2: Punk 2]
We tried to speak between lines of oration
You could only repeat what we told you
Your axe belongs to a dying nation
They don't know that we own you
You're watching movies, trying to find the feelers
You only see what we show you
We're the slaves of the phony leaders
Breathe the air we have blown you
[Chorus: Godfather 1]
I'm the guy in the sky
Flying high, flashing eyes
No surprise, I told lies
I'm the punk in the gutter
Woo! I'm the new president
And I grew and I bent
Don't you know? Don't it show?
I'm the punk with the stutter
(My, my, my, my, my g-g-g-g-generation)
(My, my, my, my, my g-g-g-g-generation)
[Bridge: Godfather 2]
I have to be careful not to preach
I can't pretend that I can teach
And yet, I lived your future out
By pounding stages like a clown
And on the dance floor, broken glass
And bloody faces slowly pass
The numbered seats in empty rows
It all belongs to me, you know
(Okay!)
[Verse 3: Punk 1]
You declared you would be three inches taller
You only became what we made you
Thought you were chasing a destiny calling
You only earned what we gave you
You fell and cried as our people were starving
Now you know that we blame you
You tried to walk on the trail we were carving
Now you know that we framed you
[Chorus: Godfather 1]
I'm the guy in the sky
Flying high, flashing eyes
No surprise, I told lies
I'm the punk in the gutter
Whoa, yeah! I'm the new president
And I grew and I bent
Don't you know? Don't it show?
I'm the punk with the stutter
[Outro]
(My, my, my, my, my g-g-g-g-generation)
(My, my, my, my, my g-g-g-g-generation)
(My, my, my, my, my g-g-g-g-generation)
(My, my, my, my, my g-g-g-g-generation)
I’m One Lyrics
[Verse 1]
Every year, it's the same and I feel it again
I'm a loser, no chance to win
Leaves start falling, comedown is calling
Loneliness starts sinking in
[Chorus]
But I'm one, I am one
And I can see that this is me
And I will be
You'll all see I'm the one
[Verse 2]
Where do you get those blue, blue jeans?
Faded, patched secret, so tight
Where do you get that walk, oh so lean
Your shoes and your shirts all just right
[Chorus]
I'm one, I am one
And I can see that this is me
And I will be
You'll all see I'm the one
[Verse 3]
I've got a Gibson without a case
But I can't get that even-tanned look on my face
Ill-fitting clothes and I blend in the crowd
Fingers so clumsy, voice too loud
[Chorus]
But I'm one, I am one
And I can see that this is me
And I will be
You'll all see I'm the one
[Outro]
I'm the one
I'm the one
The Dirty Jobs Lyrics
[Instrumental Intro]
[Verse 1]
I am a man who looks after the pigs
Usually, I get along okay
I am a man who reveals all he digs
Should be more careful what I say
[Chorus]
I'm being put down, I'm getting pushed 'round
I'm being beaten every day
My life's fading, things are changing
I'm not gonna sit and weep again
[Verse 2]
I am man who drives a local bus
I take miners to work, but the pits all closed today
It's easy to see that you are one of us
Ain't it funny how we all seem to look the same?
[Chorus]
I'm getting put down, I'm getting pushed 'round
I'm being beaten every day
My life's fading, things are changing
I'm not gonna sit and weep again
[Bridge]
My karma tells me
"You've been screwed again
If you let them do it to you
You've got yourself to blame
It's you who feels the pain
It's you who takes the shame"
[Instrumental Break]
[Verse 3]
I am a young man, I ain't done very much
You men should remember how you used to fight
Just like a child, I've been seeing only dreams
I'm all mixed up, but I know what's right
[Chorus]
I'm being put down, I'm getting pushed 'round
(I'm being put down, I'm getting pushed 'round)
I'm being beaten every day
My life's fading, things are changing
I'm not gonna sit and weep again
I'm not gonna weep again
[Instrumental Outro]
Helpless Dancer Lyrics
[Instrumental Intro]
[Verse 1]
When a man is running from his boss
Who hold a gun that fires cost
And people die from being old
Or left alone because they're cold
And bombs are dropped on fighting cats
And children's dreams are run with rats
If you complain you disappear
Just like the lesbians and queers
[Verse 2]
No-one can love without the grace
Of some unseen and distant face
And you get beaten up by Blacks
Who though they worked, still got the sack
And when your soul tells you to hide
Your very right to die's denied
And in the battle on the streets
You fight computers and receipts
And when a man is trying to change
It only causes further pain
You realize that all along
Something in us going wrong
[Outro 1]
You stop dancing
[Outro 2]
(Is it me, for a moment?)
Is It in My Head? Lyrics
[Verse 1]
I see a man without a problem
I see a country always starved
I hear the music of a heartbeat
I walk and the people turn and laugh
[Chorus]
Is it in my head? Is it in my head?
Is it in my head, here at the start?
Is it in my head? Is it in my head?
Is it in my head or in my heart?
[Verse 2]
I pick up phones and hear my history
I dream of all the calls I miss
I try to number those who love me
And find exactly what the trouble is
[Chorus]
Is it in my head? Is it in my head?
Is it in my head, here at the start?
Is it in my head? Is it in my head?
Is it in my head or in my heart?
[Bridge]
I feel I'm being followed
My head is empty
Yet every word I say turns out a sentence
Statements to a stranger
Just asking for directions
Turn from being help to being questions
[Outro]
I see a man without problem
I’ve Had Enough Lyrics
[Verse 1]
You were under the impression
That when you were walking forwards
That you'd end up further onward
But things ain't quite that simple
You got altered information
You were told to not take chances
You missed out on new dances
Now you're losing all your dimples
[Bridge]
My jacket's going to be cut slim and checked
Maybe a touch of seersucker with an open neck
I ride a GS scooter with my hair cut neat
I wear my wartime coat in the wind and sleet
[Interlude]
Love, rain on me
Rain on me
Love, rain on me
Love
[Chorus]
I've had enough of living
I've had enough of dying
I've had enough of smiling
I've had enough of crying
I've taken all the high roads
I've squandered and I've saved
I've had enough of childhood
I've had enough of graves
[Chorus]
I've had enough of living
I've had enough of dying
I've had enough of smiling
I've had enough of crying
I've taken all the high roads
I've squandered and I've saved
I've had enough of childhood
I've had enough of graves
[Verse 2]
Get a job and fight to keep it
Strike out to reach a mountain
Be so nice on the outside
But inside, keep ambition
Don't cry because you hunt them
Hurt them first, they'll love you
There's a millionaire above you
And you're under his suspicion
[Bridge]
Jacket's going to be cut slim and checked
Maybe a touch of seersucker with an open neck
I ride a GS scooter with my hair cut neat
Wear my wartime coat in the wind and sleet
[Interlude]
Love, rain on me
Rain on me
Love, rain on me
Love
[Chorus]
I've had enough of dancehalls
I've had enough of pills
I've had enough of street fights
I've seen my share of kills
I'm finished with the fashions
And acting like I'm tough
I'm bored with hate and passion
I've had enough of trying to love