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The prescient lyrics of "Gee, Officer Krupke"
Song Lyrics ^ | Stephen Sondheim

Posted on 12/03/2021 4:58:43 PM PST by Ge0ffrey

Dear, kindly Sergeant Krupke you gotta understand. It's just our bringin' up-ke that gets us out of hand. Our mothers all are junkies, our fathers all are drunks. Golly Moses, naturally we're punks.

Gee, Officer Krupke we're very upset. We never had the love that every child oughta get. We ain't no delinquents, we're misunderstood. Deep down inside us there is good.

There is good, there is good. There is untapped good. Like inside the worst of us is good.

Oh, that's a touchin' good story. Oh well, lemme tell it to the world. Just tell it to the judge. Ooh yeah, judge, that's a good idea, stop.

Dear kindly judge, your honor, my parents treat me rough. With all their marijuana they won't give me a puff. They didn't wanna have me but somehow I was had. Leapin' lizards, that's why I'm so bad.

Right, Officer Krupke you're really a square. This boy don't need a judge, he needs an analyst's care. It's just his neurosis that oughta be curbed. He's psychologically disturbed.

We're disturbed, we're disturbed, we're the most disturbed. Like we're psychologically disturbed.

Hear ye, hear ye, in the opinion on this court, this child is depraved on account a he ain't had a normal home. Hey, I'm depraved on account I'm deprived. So take him to a headshrinker.

My father is a bastard, my ma's an S.O.B. My grandpa's always plastered, my grandma pushes tea. My sister wears a mustache, my brother wears a dress. Goodness gracious, that's why I'm a mess.

Yes, Officer Krupke you're really a slob. This boy don't need a doctor just a good honest job. Society's played him a terrible trick. And sociologically he's sick.

We are sick, we are sick. We are sick, sick, sick. Like we're sociologically sick, oh yeah

In my opinion this child don't need to have his head shrunk at all. Juvenile delinquency is purely a social disease. Hey, I got a social disease. So take him to a social worker.

Dear kindly, social worker, they say go earn a buck. Like be a soda jerker which means like be a schmuck. It's not I'm antisocial, I'm only anti-work. Gloryosky, that's why I'm a jerk.

Officer Krupke, you've done it again. This boy don't need a job, he needs a year in the pen. It ain't just a question of misunderstood. Deep down inside him he's no good.

We're no good, we're no good, we're no earthly good. Like the best of us is no damn good.

The trouble is he's crazy, the trouble is he drinks. The trouble is he's lazy, the trouble is he stinks. The trouble is he's growing, the trouble is he's grown. Krupke, we got troubles of our own.

Gee, Officer Krupke we're down on our knees. Cause no one wants a fellow with a social disease. Gee, Officer Krupke what are we to do? Gee, Officer Krupke, Krup you!


TOPICS: Music/Entertainment
KEYWORDS: leonardbernstein; musicaltheatre; sondheim; westsidestory

1 posted on 12/03/2021 4:58:43 PM PST by Ge0ffrey
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To: Ge0ffrey

Allo, Allo, Allo,
What’s all this then?


2 posted on 12/03/2021 5:05:33 PM PST by Repeal The 17th (Get out of the matrix and get a real life.)
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To: Ge0ffrey

It’s the first time the masses would hear the term “Under priviliged” Then Kennedy was killed and LBJ began the “great society” which became a modern plantation. But damn, the music and dancing were great.


3 posted on 12/03/2021 5:08:59 PM PST by cicero2k
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To: Ge0ffrey

As a side note, one of the highlights of the movie was Russ Tamblyn’s flips:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j7TT4jnnWys


4 posted on 12/03/2021 5:29:38 PM PST by Tired of Taxes
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To: Ge0ffrey

“You hear that? I’m depraved on account of I’m deprived!”


5 posted on 12/03/2021 5:36:27 PM PST by fidelis (Ecce Crucem Domini! Fugite partes adversae! Vicit Leo de tribu Juda, Radix David! Alleluia! )
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To: fidelis

I’ve been using that line for 30 years.


6 posted on 12/03/2021 6:07:46 PM PST by Ge0ffrey
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To: Ge0ffrey

The new WWS is supposed to be spectacular. https://youtu.be/A5GJLwWiYSg


7 posted on 12/03/2021 6:10:11 PM PST by Dr. Ursus
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To: Ge0ffrey
From West Side Story. Music by Leonard Bernstein, lyrics by Stephen Sondheim.
8 posted on 12/03/2021 7:44:41 PM PST by TBP (Decent people cannot fathom the amoral cruelty of the Biden regime.)
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