Jimme takes his time as he washes his eyes
And then makes his bed up and then heads for the outside
And it doesn't make a difference every once in a while
If you've got nothing to do but sit around and think about
How nothing he could do would ever feel good
But he knows you gotta get a job if you're looking to move on
Like everybody else but it's the same thing
Always the same dream keeping him from moving
Saying, I don't wanna do nothing but be in a rock band
I don't wanna get a job
I don't wanna be a man
I don't wanna do nothing but be in a rock band
I don't wanna do nothing at all
I don't wanna do nothing at all
But then the bills pour in and he thinks he'd like to swim
But he still won't go anywhere
Until he gets too deep, they got him swimming in his sleep
Until he needs to grab something to get some air
And so he pulls a job down at the landfill
And he don't mind workin' outside
Lookin' out on the turnpike
But the days go by and the fire inside
Tells him he'll never be right 'til the day that he dies
Saying, I don't wanna do nothing but be in a rock band
I don't wanna get a job
I don't wanna be a man
I don't wanna do nothing but be in a rock band
I don't wanna do nothing at all
I don't wanna do nothing at all
Hey!
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All his words fall down through the cracks in between
And spread like sunlight down on the world underneath
But up here they fall to nowhere, they're just a feeling he needs
As he drives through the weeds
Through the swamps and through the trees
As he's talking like he's holding a gun in his hand
But there ain't nobody there, it's just him waving his hand
And then he drives home to his guy at the van to get his cup of coffee
With three sugars and two dollars
And back to work, another day, another hour
He gets older by the minute but there's nobody around
Who can understand looking at a young man feeling like
No one ever notices
You work the same day over and over
No, I don't wanna do nothing but be in a rock band
I don't wanna get a job
I don't wanna be a man
I don't wanna do nothing but be in a rock band
I don't wanna do nothing at all
No, I don't wanna do nothing but be in a rock band
I don't wanna get a job
I don't wanna be a man
I don't wanna do nothing but be in a rock band
I don't wanna do nothing at all
I don't wanna do nothing at all
Hey!