Cut My Hair

Song Cut My Hair
Artist Pete Townshend
Album The Quadrophenia Demos 1

Lyrics

[00:16.54] Why should I care
[00:18.32] If I got to cut my hair?
[00:21.65] I got to move with the fashion
[00:25.37] Or be outcast.
[00:30.11] I know I should fight
[00:32.45] But my old man he's really alright,
[00:35.40] And I'm still living at home
[00:38.72] (Even though it won't last.)
[00:42.54] Zoot suit, white jacket with side vents
[00:46.41] Five inches long.
[00:49.70] I'm out on the street again
[00:53.02] And I'm leaping along.
[00:56.95] Dressed right for a beachfight,
[00:59.80] But I just can't explain
[01:02.93] Why that uncertain feeling is still
[01:06.80] Here in my brain.
[01:24.13] The kids at school
[01:25.81] Thier folks that seem so cool.
[01:29.31] And though I don't want to hurt them
[01:32.30] Mine want me their way.
[01:37.46] I clean my room and my shoes
[01:39.86] But my mother found a box of blues,
[01:43.11] And there doesn't seem much hope
[01:46.29] They'll let me stay.
[01:51.09] Zoot suit, white jacket with side vents
[01:54.30] Five inches long.
[01:56.99] I'm out on the street again
[02:00.81] And I'm leaping along.
[02:04.03] Dressed right for a beachfight,
[02:07.39] But I just can't explain
[02:10.19] Why that uncertain feeling is still
[02:14.35] Here in my brain.
[02:31.26] Why do I have to be different to them?
[02:34.01] Just to earn the respect of a dance hall friend,
[02:37.83] We have the same old row, again and again.
[02:44.71] Why do I have to move with a crowd
[02:47.86] Of kids that hardly notice I'm around,
[02:51.37] I have to work myself to death just to fit in.
[02:58.71] I'm coming down
[03:01.13] Got home on the very first train from town.
[03:05.55] My dad just left for work
[03:07.99] He wasn't talking.
[03:12.81] It's all a game,
[03:15.27] 'Cos inside I'm just the same,
[03:18.83] My fried egg makes me sick
[03:21.83] First thing in the morning.