Help the sellouts

Another Sunny Day - What's Happened To You My Dearest Friend?

seems like there ought to be one from Quadrophenia... "Had Enough" ..?

the middle of the road is no private cul-de-sac
i can't get from the cab to the curb
without some little jerk on my back
don't harass me, can't you tell
i'm going home, i'm tired as hell
i'm not the cat i used to be
i got a kid, i'm 33

Pretenders, “Middle of the Road”

Wow, the two Weller ones are great.

And I just listened to Setting Sons as well, so good call Dave indeed. :-)

"I got a kid, I'm 33"

wow, i always heard this as "I'm gonna get the third degree". now it makes sense.

The Kinks-Do You Remember Walter?

Walter, you are just an echo of the world we knew so long ago/ If you saw me now you wouldn't even know my name/ I bet you're fat and married and you're always home in bed by half-past eight/And if I talked about the old times you'd get bored and you'll have nothing left to say/yes people often change, but memories of people can remain.

The Reivers have a song called "The End of the Day" that is about the pleasures of domestic life, which may not be exactly what you're looking for. The only line I remember is "Goofy dancing fun, with the oldest one." or something. I find the song quite touching, actually.

i want to tell you a little story 'cause it makes me warm inside it's about some friends growing up and all the things they tried i'm not talking about staple shit they went for something more i guess it was too much dreaming too much to hope for one day something funny happened but it scared the shit out of me their heads went in different directions and their friendship ceased to be i'm telling you i want it to work i don't like being hurt something's not right inside and i can't always put it aside what can we do, what can we do? try i guess i make too much shit someday we'll look back and laugh mr. present, go away come back and fuck with us some other day mr. feelings, run and hide you have no right to what you feel inside motherfuckers, quick to kiss talk your shit, but don't fuck with this all i want to know is am i holding on? am i moving on? what can we do, what can we do? try

Minor Threat, "Look Back and Laugh"

"You know who I am," he said
The speaker was an angel
He coughed and shook his crumpled wings
Closed his eyes and moved his lips
"It's time we should be going" (Waiting so long, I've been waiting so, waiting so)
Look back in anger, driven by the night
Till you come
(Waiting so long, I've been waiting so, waiting so)
Look back in anger, see it in my eyes
Till you come No one seemed to hear him
So he leafed through a magazine
And, yawning, rubbed the sleep away
Very sane he seemed to me (Waiting so long, I've been waiting so, waiting so)
Look back in anger, driven by the night
Till you come
(Waiting so long, I've been waiting so, waiting so)
Look back in anger, feel it in my voice
Till you come
(Waiting so long, ahhh...)
(Waiting so long, I've been waiting so, waiting so) (repeat ad inf.) David Bowie, "Look Back in Anger"

Good call on Minor Threat. "Salad Days" and "Cashing In" would fit too. "What happened to you? You're not the same!" disillusionment is one of the defining emotions of Hardcore and/or adolescence.

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