Quadrophenia (Entire Album)
by AFI
Helpless Dancer.
Is it me?
Bell Boy.
Love Reign Oer Me.....
Is it me?
Bell Boy.
Love Reign Oer Me.....
I went back to the doctor
To get another shrink.
I have to tell him about my weekend,
But he never betrays what he thinks.
To get another shrink.
I have to tell him about my weekend,
But he never betrays what he thinks.
Can you see the real me doctor?
I went back to my mother
I said, Im crazy ma, help me.
She said, I know how it feels son,
Cos it runs in the family.
I said, Im crazy ma, help me.
She said, I know how it feels son,
Cos it runs in the family.
Can you see the real me, mother?
The cracks between the paving stones
Look 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 doesnt want to know me now.
Look 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 doesnt want to know me now.
Can you see the real me, can you?
I went to the holy man,
Full of lies and hate,
I seemed to scare him a little
So he showed me to the golden gate.
Full of lies and hate,
I seemed to scare him a little
So he showed me to the golden gate.
Can you see the real me preacher?
Can you see the real me doctor?
Can you see the real me mother?
Can you see the real me me me me me me
me me me me me.........
Can you see the real me doctor?
Can you see the real me mother?
Can you see the real me me me me me me
me me me me me.........
Why should I care
If I got to cut my hair?
I got to move with the fashion
Or be outcast.
I know I should fight
But my old man hes really alright,
And Im still living at home
(Even though it wont last.)
If I got to cut my hair?
I got to move with the fashion
Or be outcast.
I know I should fight
But my old man hes really alright,
And Im still living at home
(Even though it wont last.)
Zoot suit, white jacket with side vents
Five inches long.
Im out on the street again
And Im leaping along.
Im dressed right for a beachfight,
But I just cant explain
Why that uncertain feeling is still
Here in my brain.
Five inches long.
Im out on the street again
And Im leaping along.
Im dressed right for a beachfight,
But I just cant explain
Why that uncertain feeling is still
Here in my brain.
The kids at school
Have parents that seem so cool.
And though I dont 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 doesnt seem much hope
Theyll let me stay.
Have parents that seem so cool.
And though I dont 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 doesnt seem much hope
Theyll let me stay.
Zoot suit, etc.
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 Im around,
I have to work myself to death just to fit in.
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 Im around,
I have to work myself to death just to fit in.
Im coming down
Got home on the very first train from town.
My dad just left for work
He wasnt talking.
Its all a game,
Cos inside Im just the same,
My fried egg makes me sick
First thing in the morning.......
Got home on the very first train from town.
My dad just left for work
He wasnt talking.
Its all a game,
Cos inside Im just the same,
My fried egg makes me sick
First thing in the morning.......
PUNK:
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.
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.
G.F.:
Im the guy in the sky
Flying high Flashing eyes
No surprise I told lies
Im the punk in the gutter
Im the new president
But I grew and I bent
Dont you know? dont it show?
Im the punk with the stutter.
My my my my my mmmm my my my.
Im the guy in the sky
Flying high Flashing eyes
No surprise I told lies
Im the punk in the gutter
Im the new president
But I grew and I bent
Dont you know? dont it show?
Im the punk with the stutter.
My my my my my mmmm my my my.
GGGGG-g-g-g-g generation.
PUNK:
We tried to speak between lines of oration
You could only repeat what we told you.
Your axe belongs to a dying nation,
They dont know that we own you.
Youre watching movies trying to find the feelers,
You only see what we show you.
Were the slaves of the phony leaders
Breathe the air we have blown you.
We tried to speak between lines of oration
You could only repeat what we told you.
Your axe belongs to a dying nation,
They dont know that we own you.
Youre watching movies trying to find the feelers,
You only see what we show you.
Were the slaves of the phony leaders
Breathe the air we have blown you.
G.F.:
Im the guy etc.
Im the guy etc.
I have to be careful not to preach
I cant pretend that I can teach,
And yet Ive lived your future out
By pounding stages like a clown.
And on the dance floor broken glass,
The bloody faces slowly pass,
The broken seats in empty rows,
It all belongs to me you know.
I cant pretend that I can teach,
And yet Ive lived your future out
By pounding stages like a clown.
And on the dance floor broken glass,
The bloody faces slowly pass,
The broken seats in empty rows,
It all belongs to me you know.
PUNK:
You declared etc...........
You declared etc...........
Every year is the same
And I feel it again,
Im a loser - no chance to win.
Leaves start falling,
Come down is calling,
Loneliness starts sinking in.
And I feel it again,
Im a loser - no chance to win.
Leaves start falling,
Come down is calling,
Loneliness starts sinking in.
But Im one.
I am one.
And I can see
That this is me,
And I will be,
Youll all see
Im the one.
I am one.
And I can see
That this is me,
And I will be,
Youll all see
Im the one.
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.
But Im one etc.
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.
But Im one etc.
I got a Gibson
Without a case
But I cant get that even tanned look on my face.
Ill fitting clothes
I blend in the crowd,
Fingers so clumsy
Voice too loud.
Without a case
But I cant get that even tanned look on my face.
Ill fitting clothes
I blend in the crowd,
Fingers so clumsy
Voice too loud.
But Im one........
I am a man who looks after the pigs
Usually I get along OK.
I am man who reveals all he digs,
Should be more careful what I say.
Usually I get along OK.
I am man who reveals all he digs,
Should be more careful what I say.
Im getting put down,
Im getting pushed round,
Im being beaten every day.
My lifes fading,
But things are changing,
Im not gonna sit and weep again.
Im getting pushed round,
Im being beaten every day.
My lifes fading,
But things are changing,
Im not gonna sit and weep again.
I am man who drives a local bus
I take miners to work, but the pits all closed today.
Its easy to see that you are one of us.
Aint it funny how we all seem to look the same?
I take miners to work, but the pits all closed today.
Its easy to see that you are one of us.
Aint it funny how we all seem to look the same?
Were getting put down etc.
My karma tells me
Youve been screwed again.
If you let them do it to you
Youve got yourself to blame.
Its you who feels the pain
Its you that feels ashamed.
Youve been screwed again.
If you let them do it to you
Youve got yourself to blame.
Its you who feels the pain
Its you that feels ashamed.
I am a young man
I aint done very much,
You men should remember how you used to fight.
Just like a child, Ive been seeing only dreams,
Im all mixed up but I know whats right.
I aint done very much,
You men should remember how you used to fight.
Just like a child, Ive been seeing only dreams,
Im all mixed up but I know whats right.
Im getting put down etc.....
When a man is running from his boss
Who hold a gun that fires cost
And people die from being cold
Or left alone because theyre old
And bombs are dropped on fighting cats
And childrens dreams are run with rats
If you complain you disappear
Just like the lesbians and queers
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 denied
And in the battle on the streets
You fight computers and receipts
And when a man is trying to change
But only causes further pain
You realize that all along
Something in us going wrong
Who hold a gun that fires cost
And people die from being cold
Or left alone because theyre old
And bombs are dropped on fighting cats
And childrens dreams are run with rats
If you complain you disappear
Just like the lesbians and queers
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 denied
And in the battle on the streets
You fight computers and receipts
And when a man is trying to change
But only causes further pain
You realize that all along
Something in us going wrong
You stop dancing........
I see a man without a problem
I see a country always starved,
I hear the music of a heartbeat,
I walk, and people turn and laugh.
I see a country always starved,
I hear the music of a heartbeat,
I walk, and people turn and laugh.
Is it in my head
Is it in my head
Is 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?
Is it in my head
Is 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?
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.
I dream of all the calls I miss.
I try to number those who love me,
And find exactly what the trouble is.
Is it in my head etc.
I feel Im 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.
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.
I see a man without a problem....
You were under the impression
That when you were walking forward
Youd end up further onward
But things aint quite that simple.
That when you were walking forward
Youd end up further onward
But things aint quite that simple.
You got altered information
You were told to not take chances
You missed out on new dances
Now youre losing all your dimples.
You were told to not take chances
You missed out on new dances
Now youre losing all your dimples.
My jackets gonna be cut and slim and checked,
Maybe a touch of seersucker, with an open neck.
I ride a G S scooter with my hair cut neat,
Wear my wartime coat in the wind and sleet.
Maybe a touch of seersucker, with an open neck.
I ride a G S scooter with my hair cut neat,
Wear my wartime coat in the wind and sleet.
Love Reign Oer Me.
Love Reign Oer Me.
Love.
Love Reign Oer Me.
Love.
Ive had enough of living
Ive had enough of dying
Ive had enough of smiling
Ive had enough of crying
Ive taken all the high roads
Ive squandered and Ive saved
Ive had enough of childhood
Ive had enough of graves...
Ive had enough of dying
Ive had enough of smiling
Ive had enough of crying
Ive taken all the high roads
Ive squandered and Ive saved
Ive had enough of childhood
Ive had enough of graves...
Get a job and fight to keep it,
Strike out to reach a mountain.
Be so nice on the outside
But inside keep ambition
Strike out to reach a mountain.
Be so nice on the outside
But inside keep ambition
Dont cry because you hunt them
Hurt them first theyll love you
Theres a millionaire above you
And youre under his suspicion.
Hurt them first theyll love you
Theres a millionaire above you
And youre under his suspicion.
Ive had enough of dancehalls
Ive had enough of pills
Ive had enough of streetfights
Ive seen my share of kills
Im finished with the fashions
And acting like Im tough
Im bored with hate and passion
Ive had enough of trying to love.....
Ive had enough of pills
Ive had enough of streetfights
Ive seen my share of kills
Im finished with the fashions
And acting like Im tough
Im bored with hate and passion
Ive had enough of trying to love.....
Why should I care?
Girls of fifteen
Sexually knowing
The ushers are sniffing
Eu-de-cologning
The seats are seductive
Celibate sitting
Pretty girls digging
Prettier women.
Girls of fifteen
Sexually knowing
The ushers are sniffing
Eu-de-cologning
The seats are seductive
Celibate sitting
Pretty girls digging
Prettier women.
Magically bored
On a quiet street corner
Free frustration
In our minds and our toes
Quiet stormwater
My generation
On a quiet street corner
Free frustration
In our minds and our toes
Quiet stormwater
My generation
Uppers and downers
Either way blood flows.
Either way blood flows.
Inside outside. Leave me alone.
Inside outside. Nowhere is home.
Inside outside, Where have I been?
Out of my brain on the five fifteen.
Inside outside. Nowhere is home.
Inside outside, Where have I been?
Out of my brain on the five fifteen.
On a raft in the quarry
Slowly sinking.
On the back of a lorry
Holy hitching.
Dreadfully sorry
Apple scrumping.
Born in the war
Birthday punching.
Slowly sinking.
On the back of a lorry
Holy hitching.
Dreadfully sorry
Apple scrumping.
Born in the war
Birthday punching.
He man drag
In the glittering ballroom
Greyly outrageous
In my high heel shoes
Tightly undone
They know what theyre showing
Sadly ecstatic
That their heros are news.
In the glittering ballroom
Greyly outrageous
In my high heel shoes
Tightly undone
They know what theyre showing
Sadly ecstatic
That their heros are news.
Why should I care?.......
Here by the sea and sand
Nothing ever goes as planned,
I just couldnt face going home
It was just a drag on my own.
They finally threw me out
My mother got drunk on stout,
My dad couldnt stand on two feet,
As he lectured about morality.
Now I guess the families complete,
With me hanging round on the street
Or here on the beach.
Nothing ever goes as planned,
I just couldnt face going home
It was just a drag on my own.
They finally threw me out
My mother got drunk on stout,
My dad couldnt stand on two feet,
As he lectured about morality.
Now I guess the families complete,
With me hanging round on the street
Or here on the beach.
The girl I love
Is a perfect dresser,
Wears every fashion
Gets it to the tee.
Heavens above,
I got to match her
She knows just how
She wants her man to be
Leave it to me.
Is a perfect dresser,
Wears every fashion
Gets it to the tee.
Heavens above,
I got to match her
She knows just how
She wants her man to be
Leave it to me.
My jackets gonna be cut slim and checked
Maybe a touch of seersucker with an open neck
I ride a G S scooter with my hair cut neat
I wear my wartime coat in the wind and sleet.
Maybe a touch of seersucker with an open neck
I ride a G S scooter with my hair cut neat
I wear my wartime coat in the wind and sleet.
I see her dancing
Across the ballroom
U V light making starshine
Of her smile.
I am the face,
She has to know me,
Im dressed up better than anyone
Within a mile.
Across the ballroom
U V light making starshine
Of her smile.
I am the face,
She has to know me,
Im dressed up better than anyone
Within a mile.
So how come the other tickets look much better?
Without a penny to spend they dress to the letter.
How come the girls come on oh so cool
Yet when you meet em, every ones a fool.
Without a penny to spend they dress to the letter.
How come the girls come on oh so cool
Yet when you meet em, every ones a fool.
Come sleep on the beach
Keep within my reach
I just want to die with you near
Im feeling so high with you here.
Im wet and Im cold
But thank God I aint old
I should have split home at fifteen
Why didnt I ever say what I mean?
Theres a story that the grass is so green,
What did I see?
Where have I been?
Keep within my reach
I just want to die with you near
Im feeling so high with you here.
Im wet and Im cold
But thank God I aint old
I should have split home at fifteen
Why didnt I ever say what I mean?
Theres a story that the grass is so green,
What did I see?
Where have I been?
Nothing is planned, by the sea and the sand....
There are men high up there fishing,
Havent seen quite enough of the world,
I aint seen a sign of my hero,
And Im still diving down for pearls.
Havent seen quite enough of the world,
I aint seen a sign of my hero,
And Im still diving down for pearls.
Let me flow into the ocean,
Let me get back to the sea.
Let me be stormy and let me be calm,
Let the tide in, and set me free.
Let me get back to the sea.
Let me be stormy and let me be calm,
Let the tide in, and set me free.
Im flowing under bridges,
Then flying through the sky,
Im travelling down cold metal
Just a tear in babys eye.
Then flying through the sky,
Im travelling down cold metal
Just a tear in babys eye.
Let me flow into the ocean
Let me get back to the sea
Let me be stormy and let me be calm
Let the tide in, rush over me.
Let me get back to the sea
Let me be stormy and let me be calm
Let the tide in, rush over me.
I am not the actor
This cant be the scene
But I am in the water,
As far as I can see...
This cant be the scene
But I am in the water,
As far as I can see...
Im remembering distant memories
Recalling other names.
Rippling over canyons,
And boiling in the train.
Recalling other names.
Rippling over canyons,
And boiling in the train.
Let me etc.....
The beach is a place where a man can feel
Hes the only soul in the world thats real,
Well I see a face coming through the haze,
I remember him from those crazy days.
Hes the only soul in the world thats real,
Well I see a face coming through the haze,
I remember him from those crazy days.
Aint you the guy who used to set the paces
Riding up in front of a hundred faces,
I dont suppose you would remember me,
But I used to follow you back in sixty three.
Riding up in front of a hundred faces,
I dont suppose you would remember me,
But I used to follow you back in sixty three.
Ive got a good job
And Im newly born.
You should see me dressed up in my uniform.
I work in hotel all gilt and flash.
Remember the place where the doors were smashed?
And Im newly born.
You should see me dressed up in my uniform.
I work in hotel all gilt and flash.
Remember the place where the doors were smashed?
Bell Boy! I got to keep running now.
Bell Boy! Keep my lip buttoned down.
Bell Boy! Carry this baggage out.
Bell Boy! Always running at someones heel.
You know how I feel, always running at someones heel.
Bell Boy! Keep my lip buttoned down.
Bell Boy! Carry this baggage out.
Bell Boy! Always running at someones heel.
You know how I feel, always running at someones heel.
Some nights I still sleep on the beach.
Remember when stars were in reach.
Then I wander in early to work,
Spend the day licking boots for my perks.
Remember when stars were in reach.
Then I wander in early to work,
Spend the day licking boots for my perks.
A beach is a place where a man can feel etc.
People often change
But when I look in your eyes,
You could learn a lot from
A job like mine.
The secret to me
Isnt flown like a flag
I carry it behind
This little badge
What says...
But when I look in your eyes,
You could learn a lot from
A job like mine.
The secret to me
Isnt flown like a flag
I carry it behind
This little badge
What says...
Bell Boy!......
Laugh and say Im green
Ive seen things youll never see.
Talk behind my back
But Im off the beaten track.
Ill take on anyone
Aint scared of a bloody nose,
Drink till I drop down
With one eye on my clothes.
Ive seen things youll never see.
Talk behind my back
But Im off the beaten track.
Ill take on anyone
Aint scared of a bloody nose,
Drink till I drop down
With one eye on my clothes.
What is it? Ill take it.
Who is she? Ill rape it.
Got a bet there? Ill meet it.
Getting High? You cant beat it.
Who is she? Ill rape it.
Got a bet there? Ill meet it.
Getting High? You cant beat it.
Doctor Jimmy and mister Jim
When Im pilled you dont notice him,
He only comes out when I drink my gin.
When Im pilled you dont notice him,
He only comes out when I drink my gin.
You say shes a virgin.
Im gonna be the first in.
Her fellahs gonna kill me?
Oh fucking will he.
Im seeing double
But dont miss me if you can.
Theres gonna be trouble
When she choses her man.
Im gonna be the first in.
Her fellahs gonna kill me?
Oh fucking will he.
Im seeing double
But dont miss me if you can.
Theres gonna be trouble
When she choses her man.
What is it? etc.
Doctor Jimmy and mister Jim etc.
Is it me? For a moment
The stars are falling.
The heat is rising
The past is calling.
Is it me? For a moment
The stars are falling.
The heat is rising
The past is calling.
Im going back soon
Home to get the baboon.
Who cut up my eye,
Messed up my Levis.
Im feeling restless
Bring another score around
Maybe something stronger
Could really hold me down.....
Home to get the baboon.
Who cut up my eye,
Messed up my Levis.
Im feeling restless
Bring another score around
Maybe something stronger
Could really hold me down.....
Only love
Can make it rain
The way the beach is kissed by the sea.
Only love
Can make it rain
Like the sweat of lovers
Laying in the fields.
Can make it rain
The way the beach is kissed by the sea.
Only love
Can make it rain
Like the sweat of lovers
Laying in the fields.
Love, Reign oer me.
Love, Reign oer me, rain on me.
Love, Reign oer me, rain on me.
Only love
Can bring the rain
That makes you yearn to the sky.
Only love
Can bring the rain
That falls like tears from on high.
Can bring the rain
That makes you yearn to the sky.
Only love
Can bring the rain
That falls like tears from on high.
Love Reign Oer me.
On the dry and dusty road
The nights we spend apart alone
I need to get back home to cool cool rain.
The nights are hot and black as ink
I cant sleep and I lay and I think
Oh God, I need a drink of cool cool rain......
The nights we spend apart alone
I need to get back home to cool cool rain.
The nights are hot and black as ink
I cant sleep and I lay and I think
Oh God, I need a drink of cool cool rain......