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Aw, what're you arguing for?
Oh, you and your uniform
Near the end of the song.
Don't pick contestant three
Don't pick on destiny
Hello, we ain't gonna take it.
or
Hey no, we ain't gonna take it.
No, we ain't gonna take it.
The Who's,
"We're Not Gonna Take It"
My name is Tony
My name is Tommy
The Who's,
"We're Not Gonna Take It"
My name is atomic
My name is Tommy
No, we ain't got a ticket
No, we ain't gonna take it
Oh you're so cop-descending.
Oh you're so condescending.
The Who's,
"We're Not Gonna Take It"
Put on your ice age
Put on your eye shades
The Who's,
"We're Not Gonna Take It"
So put in your earplugs, put on your eyeshades
You know where to put the c***.
So put in your earplugs, put on your eyeshades
You know where to put the cork.
The Who's,
"We're Not Gonna Take It"
Then put in your ear plugs
Pull on some eye shades
You know where to put your cock
And put in your ear plugs
Put on your eye shades
You know where to put the cork
We'll fart! (Fart!)
We'll fight! (Fight!)
We'll fart! (Fart!)
We'll fight! (Yeah!)
We'll fight a thousand teachers
Don't think of destiny, 'cause
You don't know us, you don't belong.
We'll fight the powers that be
Just don't pick our destiny, 'cause
You don't know us, you don't belong.
We'll fight on thousand beaches.
We'll fight the powers that be, just...
We'll fight one thousand peaches
We'll fight the powers that be, just...
We'll fight the pow's and features.
We'll fight the powers that be just.
The Who's,
"We're Not Gonna Take It"
We're a Golden Ticket
We're not gonna take it
We're not goin' to day care.
We're not gonna take it.
We're not goin' to daycare
No, we ain't gonna take it.
We're not gonna cake it.
We're not gonna take it.
We're not gonna chicken
We're not gonna take it
We're not gonna fake it.
We're not gonna take it.
We're not gonna paint it
We're not gonna take it
The Who's,
"We're Not Gonna Take It"
Welcome to the can
Welcome to the camp
The Who's,
"We're Not Gonna Take It"
You don't have to hear me
You've got tight ears of your own
You don't have to hear me
You've got ideas of your own
Your life is trifle gated
Bereft and constipated
Your life is trite and jaded
Boring and confiscated
Your life is truncated
Bereft and confiscated
Your life is trite and jaded
Boring and confiscated