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Cut My Hair
Pete Townshend
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Why should I care if I cut my hair?
I've 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
Zoot suit, white jacket
Sideburns five inches long
I'm out on the street again and I'm leaping along
I'm dressed right for a beach fight and I just can't explain
Why that uncertain feeling is still here in my brain
Still here in my brain
The kids at school, they have folks who seem so cool
And though I don't want to hurt 'em, mine want me their way
I cleaned 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
Zoot suit, white jacket
Sideburns five inches long
I'm out on the street again and I'm leaping along
I'm dressed right for a beach fight and I just can't explain
Why that uncertain feeling is still here in my brain
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 who hardly notice when I'm around?
I have to work myself to death just to fit in
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, 'cause inside it's just the same
My fried egg makes me sick first thing in the morningForget the
Renaissance man stuff, you know, what you do is you watch people and
That's how you become an artist is by watching people and not so much
Reflecting what they do but being able to see what it is that they
Feel and then express through music in a kind of, you know, an
Unconscious way what they feel and Quadrophenia was something that I
Wrote years after I went through that process cause obviously I went
Through that process when I was writing songs like My Generation and
I Can't Explain and Any Way, Any How, Any Where and those early
Songs. You know the great thing is, is that that process is now, it's
Really interesting that it, you know, I was kind of taking the mickey
Out of these new bands but a lot of the new young American bands seem
To be tapping into something so similar. There's an energy there but
There's also an honesty there and there's a similar kind of feeling
That they're jacking into something which, I don't know what the
The age of the youngest person in this room but I'm pretty old, and
I don't, you know, I don't have that stuff in me anymore. It doesn't
Run in my veins anymore. I don't get anxious when I see a big bear
With a Harley Davidson. No, I don't! You know, he can hit me with a
Shovel but, you know, that's just got to be God's will. But, you
Know, when you're, when you're a lanky little kid like I used to be
You know, that kind of guy used to freak me out. I'd be, "Oh my god
Oh!" And I just, you know, and whenever you get on an airplane you
Know it's gonna crash because you are the center of the universe and
You know, I just know that this is the last day of my life. And
That's stuff that you go through when you're 19. And uh, and uh
You know, she, she, gosh, she, what a bitch. You know, all she had
To do was just to do it with me. That's all she had to do. Is it
That complicated? What it would have done, I wouldn't have had to
Have spent my whole life doing this. I could have become a bank
Manager, had a baby and told my husband my dream. I'm very good at
Role play. Role swapping. I think I've got another keyboard thing
To do. Yeah, this is a, this is, this is one that, that, I remember
Playing this song. I did, in 1981, I did this thing where I, I got
Involved with Prince Charles' charity which was called The Prince's
Trust. It still is. Phil Collins kind of took over my role after a
Couple of years. But I organized the first two with George Martin
The Beatles producer. I sang this song and I mean, it was so weird
Afterwards, Princess Diana came up to me at the gathering afterwards
And she said, "You're very loyal." And that did it. I thought, "No
I'm fucking not. I'm not doing this anymore." And um, but when I
When I, when I sang this song, she was very much in my mind and I, I
You know, you're conscious of the fact you're singing this song and
"Oh wow, there's the future Queen of England in the audience
I wonder what she makes of this song
" It's called Slit Skirts. It's about
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