You can put a stick in my spokes I can be the butt of your jokes I can be the laughing stock, I can be the hoax But I ain't gonna lose you No, I ain't gonna lose you They can come and tear my house down They can run me out of town They can tie me up, call me a clown But I ain't gonna lose you No, I ain't gonna lose you I can't stand the thought of another man No, I ain't gonna lose you They can make me turn my back on my friends And send me away to San Quentin Put me in the hole thousand times again Oh, I ain't gonna lose you No, I ain't gonna lose you Throw me in a hurricane Tell the whole world I've gone insane Run an electric shock to my brain But I ain't gonna lose you No, I ain't gonna lose you I can't stand the thought of another man No, I ain't gonna lose you No, I ain't gonna lose, ain't gonna lose Ain't gonna lose, ain't gonna lose Ain't gonna lose, ain't gonna lose And I'll sing it from my roof top Sing it from the bus stop Sing it on the street drunk to a cop Oh, I ain't gonna lose you No, I ain't gonna lose, ain't gonna lose you Ain't gonna lose you, ain't gonna lose Gonna lose you, gonna lose