Helpless Dancer

by The Who

From the album: Quadrophenia

Track 8 of 28 on Quadrophenia (1973).

Duration: 2:33

Quadrophenia cover art

Lyrics for Helpless Dancer

When a man is running from his boss Who holds a gun that fires "cost" And people die from being old Or left alone because they're cold And bombs are dropped on fighting cats And children's 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's denied And in the battle on the streets You fight computers and receipts And when a man is trying to change It only causes further pain You realize that all along Something in us going wrong... You stop dancing. ----- I don't mind Other guys dancin' with my girl That's fine I know 'em all pretty well... Is it me, for a moment... For a moment... For a moment... For a moment...

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  1. I Am The Sea
  2. The Real Me
  3. Quadrophenia
  4. Cut My Hair
  5. The Punk And The Godfather
  6. I'm One
  7. The Dirty Jobs
  8. Helpless Dancer
  9. Is It In My Head?
  10. I've Had Enough
  11. 5:15
  12. Sea And Sand
  13. Drowned
  14. Bell Boy
  15. Doctor Jimmy
  16. The Rock
  17. Love Reign O'er Me
  18. The Real Me - Demo
  19. Cut My Hair - Demo
  20. Punk - Demo
  21. Dirty Jobs - Demo
  22. Is It In My Head? - Demo
  23. Any More - Demo
  24. I've Had Enough - Demo
  25. Drowned - Demo
  26. Is It Me? - Demo
  27. Doctor Jimmy - Demo
  28. Love Reign O'er Me - Demo