Lyrics to
Cut My Hair

This version of Cut My Hair was released by The Who in 1973.

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Why should I care
If I have to cut my hair?
I’ve got to move with the fashions
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 with side vents
Five inches long.
I’m out on the street again
And I’m leaping along.
I’m dressed right for a beach fight,
But I just can’t explain
Why that uncertain feeling is still
Here in my brain.

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.

Zoot suit,

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 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,
‘Cos inside I’m just the same,
My fried egg makes me sick
First thing in the morning.

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The Who has released many songs over the years besides Cut My Hair. The Who released songs from 1965 to 1982 spanning across albums like The Who Sings My Generation, A Quick One / Happy Jack, The Who Sell Out, Tommy, Who's Next, Quadrophenia, The Who By Numbers, Who Are You, Face Dances, and It's Hard. Decade Lyrics has over lyrics & songs by The Who.

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About Lyrics and Cut My Hair by The Who

The lyrics for Cut My Hair are defined as the words making up the song released by The Who in 1973. It also includes the verses and words used by the background chorus in the song. Like many hit songs, the lyrics to Cut My Hair have different meanings to different people. While it is clear in some of the lyrics what the artist is trying to really say, only The Who and those working with them know all of the meanings behind all of the lyrics to their songs.

Some folks are interested in word and phrase etymology. It is easy to understand the lyrics to Cut My Hair by The Who if you think through it. The word "lyric" itself derives from the Latin word lyricus, with the actual English word lyrics applied to the definition "words set to music" listed in Stainer and Barrett's 1876 Dictionary of Musical Terms. Continuing the chain, the Latin word lyricus derives from the Greek word λυρικός or lyrikós. This somewhat means "poetry accompanied by the lyre" or "words set to music." You can easily see that by looking at the background of the word lyric, that the "lyrics to Cut My Hair" means the words set to the music of Cut My Hair, or poetry accompanied by the lyre played by The Who. The singular form "lyric" is still used to mean the complete words to a song. However, the singular form lyric is also commonly used to refer to a specific line (or phrase) within a song's lyrics. Hence, by this analysis of word structure, you could say that the lyric to Cut My Hair and the lyrics to Cut My Hair are both one and the same thing. None of this talk about the word Lyrics is really relevant to fans of The Who who came here looking just for the lyrics to Cut My Hair, but we feel it is still fun to learn what's behind commonly used words and lyrics in songs.

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