Posted by Fallen4MyT on May 15, 2004, at 13:39:41
In reply to The Real Me by the Who, posted by finelinebob on May 14, 2004, at 15:38:52
Quadrophenia ROCKED great music to be messed up to :-)
> If you're not familiar with Quadrophenia, it's all about Jimmy and his mixed-up life. He feels pulled in four different directions -- the liner notes (http://www.thewho.net/articles/townshen/quad_ln.htm ) finish his story with "Schizophrenic? I'm Bleeding Quadrophenic!"
>
> --------------------
>
> I went back to the doctor
> to get another shrink
> I sit and tell him 'bout my weekends
> but he never betrays what he thinks
>
> Can you see the real me, doctor? doctor?
>
> I went back to my mother
> I said "I'm crazy, ma, help me!"
> She said, "I know how it feels, son,
> Coz it runs in the family."
>
> Can you see the real me mother? mother?
>
> The cracks between the paving stones
> look like rivers of flowing veins.
> Strange people who know me
> peep from behind every window pane.
> The girl I used to love
> lives in this yellow house.
> Yesterday she passed me by
> she doesn't want to know me now
>
> Can you see the real me, can you? can you?
>
> I ended up with a preacher
> 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? preacher?
> Can you see the real me doctor?
> Can you see the real me mother?
> Can you see the real me?
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