Gee Officer Krupke - The Jets, Eddie Roll

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 punk!

Gee, Officer Krupke, we’re very upset;

We never had the love that ev’ry boy 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 good

There is untapped good!

Like inside, the worst of us is good!

(That's a touchin' good story

Lemme tell it to the world!

Just tell it to the judge.)

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!

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 cured

He’s psychologic’ly disturbed!

I’m disturbed!

We’re disturbed, we’re disturbed

We’re the most disturbed

Like we’re psychologic’ly disturbed

(Hear ye, Hear ye, in the opinion on this court, this child is depraved on

account of he ain’t had a normal home

Hey, I’m depraved because I’m deprived!

So take him to a headshrinker

Headshrinker, you!

Me?

You!)

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 sociologic’ly he’s sick!

I am sick!

We are sick, we are sick

We are sick, sick, sick

Like we’re sociologically we’re sick!

(In my opinion, this child doesn’t need his head shrunk at all. Juvenile

delinquency is purely a social disease!

Hey, I got a social disease!

Just take him to the social worker!)

Dear kindly social worker

They say go make some dough

Like be a soda jerker

Which means I’ll be a schmo!

It’s not I’m anti-social

It’s just I’m 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!)

I’m 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 lazy

The trouble is he drinks

The trouble is he’s crazy

The trouble is he stinks

The trouble is he’s growing

The trouble is he’s grown

Krupke, we’ve 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

Fuck you!