I’ve Had Enough Lyrics

[Verse 1]
You were under the impression
That when you were walking forwards
That you'd end up further onward
But things ain't quite that simple
You got altered information
You were told to not take chances
You missed out on new dances
Now you're losing all your dimples

[Bridge]
My jacket's going to be cut slim and checked
Maybe a touch of seersucker with an open neck
I ride a GS scooter with my hair cut neat
I wear my wartime coat in the wind and sleet


[Interlude]
Love, rain on me
Rain on me
Love, rain on me
Love


[Chorus]
I've had enough of living
I've had enough of dying
I've had enough of smiling
I've had enough of crying
I've taken all the high roads
I've squandered and I've saved
I've had enough of childhood
I've had enough of graves
[Chorus]
I've had enough of living
I've had enough of dying
I've had enough of smiling
I've had enough of crying
I've taken all the high roads
I've squandered and I've saved
I've had enough of childhood
I've had enough of graves

[Verse 2]
Get a job and fight to keep it
Strike out to reach a mountain
Be so nice on the outside
But inside, keep ambition
Don't cry because you hunt them
Hurt them first, they'll love you
There's a millionaire above you
And you're under his suspicion


[Bridge]
Jacket's going to be cut slim and checked
Maybe a touch of seersucker with an open neck
I ride a GS scooter with my hair cut neat
Wear my wartime coat in the wind and sleet

[Interlude]
Love, rain on me
Rain on me
Love, rain on me
Love


[Chorus]
I've had enough of dancehalls
I've had enough of pills
I've had enough of street fights
I've seen my share of kills
I'm finished with the fashions
And acting like I'm tough

I'm bored with hate and passion
I've had enough of trying to love

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Genius Annotation

The 10th track on The Who’s 1973 rock opera Quadrophenia, and the last track on the first disc. Written by guitarist/vocalist Pete Townshend, “I’ve Had Enough” depicts Jimmy, the protagonist of the rock opera, giving up on the idea of fitting in with the Mods or anyone else in society, and instead opting to retreat from the world into himself. The cause of this is a series of incidents that pile on his mind until the final straw: when Jimmy sees the girl he loves with his best friend instead of himself.

Townshend had a bit more to say about the song here:

A lot happens around this bit, much of it in the album cover story. Briefly, Jimmy ‘snaps’ when he sees a girl he particularly likes with a friend of his. In a desperately self-pitiful state, he smashes up his prize scooter and decides to go to Brighton where he had such a good time with his friends chasing Rockers and eating fish and chips.

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Recorded At
Ramport Studios, Battersea, London, UK (May - September 1973)
Release Date
October 26, 1973
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