Gee Officer Krupke Lyrics

Gee Officer Krupke lyrics

TIGER, IMITATING KRUPKE

 Hey you! 

 

 RIFF

 Who me, Officer Krupke? 

 

 TIGER, IMITATING KRUPKE

 Yeah you, gimme one good reason for not draggin' ya down the station house, ya
punk! 

 

 RIFF

 Dear kindly Sergeant Krupke

 You gotta understand

 It's just our bringin' upke

 That gets us out of hand

 Our mothers all are junkies

 Our fathers all are drunks

 Golly Moses, naturally we're punks 

 

 JETS

 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 

 

 RIFF

 There is good! 

 

 JETS

 There is good, there is good

 There is untapped good

 Like inside, the worst of us is good 

 

 TIGER, IMITATING KRUPKE

 That's a touching good story 

 

 RIFF

 Lemme tell it to the world! 

 

 TIGER, IMITATING KRUPKE

 Just tell it to the judge 

 

 RIFF

 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 

 

 SNOWBOY IMITATING JUDGE

 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 

 

 RIFF

 I'm disturbed 

 

 JETS

 We're disturbed, we're disturbed

 We're the most disturbed

 Like we're psychologically disturbed 

 

 SNOWBOY IMITATING JUDGE

 Hear ye, hear ye. In the opinion of this court, this child is depraved on
account he ain't had a normal home. 

 

 RIFF

 Hey, I'm depraved on account I'm deprived! 

 

 SNOWBOY IMITATING JUDGE

 So take him to a headshrinker. You! 

 

 ACTION

 Who me? 

 

 RIFF

 My daddy beats my mommy

 My mommy clobbers me

 My grandpa is a commie

 My grandma pushes tea

 My sisters wears a moustache

 My brother wears a dress

 Goodness gracious, that's why I'm a mess 

 

 ACTION IMITATING HEADSHRINKER

 Yes, Officer Krupke

 He shouldn't be here

 This boy don't need a couch

 He needs a usefully career

 Society's played him a terrible trick

 And sociologically he's sick 

 

 RIFF

 I am sick! 

 

 JETS

 We are sick, we are sick

 We are sick sick sick

 Like we're sociologically sick 

 

 ACTION IMITATING HEADSHRINKER

 In my opinion, this child does not need to have his head shrunk at all.
Juvenile delinquency is purely a social disease. 

 

 RIFF

 Hey, I got a social disease! 

 

 ACTION IMITATING HEADSHRINKER

 So take him to a social worker 

 

 RIFF

 Dear kindly social worker

 They tell me get a job

 Like be a soda jerker

 Which means I'd be a slob

 It's not I'm antisocial

 I'm only anti-work

 Glory Osky, that's why I'm a jerk 

 

 A-RAB

 Eek, 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 he's no good 

 

 RIFF

 I'm no good 

 

 JETS

 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 

 

 Officer Krupke

 We're down on our knees 

 

 RIFF

 'Cause no one wants a fella

 With a social disease 

 

 JETS

 Dear Officer Krupke

 What are we to do?

 Gee, Officer Krupke

 Krup you!