The Real Me

The Real Me

Can you see the real me, can you, can you?

I went back to the doctor,
to get another shrink
I sit there, tellin' bout my weekend
but he never betrays what he thinks...

Can you see the real me, doctor, doctor?
Can you see the real me, doctor?

I went back to my mother,
I said, I'm crazy, Ma, help me!
She said, I know how it feels, son,
cause it runs in the family

Can you see the real me, mother, mother?
can you see the real me, mother?

Cracks between the paving stones
like rivers of flowing veins
Strange people who know me
peer from behind every windowpane

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?
Can you see the real me, can you?

I went back to the 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, 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?

"The Real Me" off of the album Quadrophenia by The Who


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