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Bang the Drum All Day

Todd Rundgren

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Lyrics

[Intro]

Alright, everybody now

[Chorus]

I don't want to work

I want to bang on the drum all day

I don't want to play

I just want to bang on the drum all day

[Verse 1]

Ever since I was a tiny boy

I don't want no candy, I don't need no toy

I took a stick and an old coffee can

I bang on that thing till I got blisters on my hand because I

[Chorus]

I don't want to work

I want to bang on the drum all day

Yes, I do

I don't want to play

I just want to bang on the drum all day

That's right (Oh)

[Verse 2]

When I get older, they think I'm a fool

The teachers told me I should stay after school

She caught me pounding on the desk with my hands

But my licks were so hot, I made the teacher wanna dance and that's why

[Chorus]

I don't want to work

I want to bang on the drum all day

Hey, why not?

I don't want to play

I just want to bang on the drum all day

I'm gonna bang now

[Bridge]

Hey, hey

Hey, hey

Hey, hey

Hey

Ooh, ooh

Ah, uh

Ah, uh

Ah, uh

Hey, hey, hey

Hey, hey, hey, hey

Hey, hey, hey, hey

Hey, hey, hey, hey

[Chorus]

I don't want to work

I want to bang on the drum all day

And I can bang that sucker

I don't want to play

I just want to bang on the drum all day

Listen to this

[Verse 3]

Every day when I get home from work

I feel so frustrated, the boss is a jerk

And I get my sticks and go out to the shed

And I pound on that drum like it was the boss's head because I

[Chorus]

I don't want to work

I want to bang on the drum all day

Bang, bang

I don't want to play

I just want to bang on the drum all day

I can bang that drum

[Chorus]

I don't want to work

Hey, hey, hey, hey, hey

I want to bang on the drum all day

Hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey

I don't want to play

I just want to bang on the drum all day

This is why I bang the drum

[Chorus]

I don't want to work

I want to bang on the drum all day

Hey, you want to take a bang at it?

I don't want to play

Hey, hey

I just want to bang on the drum all day

Hey, hey, hey, hey

[Chorus]

I don't want to work

I want to bang on the drum all day

Bang

I don't want to play

I just want to bang on the drum all day

I can do this all day

I don't want to work

Written by: Todd Rundgren

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