Big Hits and Nasty Cuts: The Best of Twisted Sister
Compilation - 17 march 1992 - Debaser id 31607

We're not gonna take it- no we aint gonna take it!
We're not gonna take it ---anymore.

We've got the right to choose and
there aint no way we're losin
This is our life-
this is our song.
We'll fight the powers that be just
don't pick our destiny cuz-
You dont know us, you don't belong.

We're not gonna take it- no we aint gonna take it!
We're not gonna take it ---anymore.

Oh youre so condesending,
your gall is never ending,
we dont want nothing- not a thing from you
Your life is trife and jaded- boring and confiscated.
If thats your best- your best won't do

o-o-o o-o-o we're right
[yeah]
we're free
[yeah]
we'll fight
[yeah]
you'll see
[yeah]

We're not gonna take it- no we aint gonna take it!
We're not gonna take it ---anymore.

We're not gonna take it- no we aint gonna take it!
We're not gonna take it ---anymore.
NO way!

o-o-o
o-o-o
we're right
[yeah]
we're free
[yeah]
we'll fight
[yeah]
you'll see
[yeah]

We're not gonna take it- no we aint gonna take it!
We're not gonna take it ---anymore.
We're not gonna take it- no we aint gonna take it!
We're not gonna take it ---anymore.
just you try and make us!
We're not gonna take it- (C'mon!) no we aint gonna take it!
(You're all worthless and weak!) We're not gonna take it ---anymore.
now drop and give me 20!
We're not gonna take it- no we aint gonna take it!
We're not gonna take it ---anymore.

I wanna rock, ROCK
I wanna rock, ROCK
I want to rock, ROCK
I wanna rock, ROCK

Turn it down you say,
Well all I gotta say to you is
Time and time again i say no
No no no no no

Tell me not to play
Well all I gotta say to
When you tell me not to play
Is say no
No no no no no

So if you ask me
Why I like the way I play it
There's only one thing
I can say to you

I wanna rock, ROCK
I wanna rock, ROCK
I want to rock, ROCK
I wanna rock, ROCK

There's a feeling that
I get from nothing else
And there aint nothing
In the world that
Makes me go, GO
Go go go go go

Turn the power up
I've waited for so long
So I can hear
My favorite song
So lets go, GO
Go go go go go

When it's not this
I feel the music shooting
Through me
There's nothing else
That I would rather do

I wanna rock, ROCK
I wanna rock, ROCK
I want to rock, ROCK
I wanna rock, ROCK

I wanna rock, ROCK
I wanna rock, ROCK
I want to rock, ROCK
I wanna rock, ROCK

Who are you to look down
At what I believe?
I'm on to your thinking
And how you deceive
Well you can't abuse me
I won't stand no more
Yes, I know the reasons
Yes, I know the score

I am
And I'll be
I will
You'll see
I am
And I'll be
I am: I'm me

How I tried to please you
Live the way you said
Do the things that you do
Like the living dead
Then the truth it hit me
Got me off my knees
It's my life I'm living
I'll live as I please

I am
And I'll be
I will
You'll see
I am
And I'll be
I am: I'm me

Now's the time to stand tall
Start your life anew
Freedom lies in your heart
Now's the time for you

I am
And I'll be
I will
You'll see
I am
And I'll be
I am: I'm me

How long I have wanted
This dream to come true
And as it approaches
I can't believe I'm through
I've tried,
Oh, How I've tried for a life,
Yes a life I thought I knew
(Chorus)
Oh it's the price we gotta pay
And all the games we gotta play
Makes me wonder if it's worth it to carry on
'Cause it's a game we gotta lose,
Though it's a life we gotta choose
And the price is our own life until it's done

Time seems to be frozen,
But the mind can be fooled
As the days pass I discover
Destiny just can't be ruled
Hard times, Oh hard times,
For the prize, Yes the prize,
I thought I knew
Oh it's the price we gotta pay
And all the games we gotta play
Makes me wonder if it's worth it to carry on
'Cause it's a game we gotta lose,
Though it's a life we gotta choose
And the price is our own life until it's done

(Repeat Chorus x 2)

Come on boys!
She looks so fine
Like champagne or wine
No one ever gets her
Oh ain't she cool
Plays us for fools
If we wanna let her
Across the room she's sees some buffoon
Blown away by her style
She goes out of her way so that she can play
And make him beg for a little while

Shoot 'em down, shoot 'em down
Shoot 'em down, shoot 'em down
Shoot 'em down, shoot 'em down
Shoot 'em down to the ground

Like caviar
Or a fine foreign car
He's a motivator
Dressed to the T's
They're down on their knees
He's a master baiter
He'll make 'em crawl for the hell of it all
He likes to see 'em cry
And then just for fun he'll say she's the one
And then he'll make her die
He's gonna

Shoot 'em down, shoot 'em down
Shoot 'em down, shoot 'em down
Shoot 'em down, shoot 'em down
Shoot 'em down to the ground

They don't care about feelings
They were meant to be stepped on
And while one is healing
They go and step on another one

Now, these people prey
On us everyday
Some are bad, some badder
They think we're fools
So they make their own rules
It only gets us madder
Well they think they're hot
Well I say they're not
They shoot us down for fun
If they wanna play
Let's make 'em pay and
Shoot them down with a fuckin' gun

Shoot 'em down, shoot 'em down
Shoot 'em down, shoot 'em down
Shoot 'em down, shoot 'em down
Shoot 'em down to the ground

Come on now!
Shoot 'em down, shoot 'em down
Shoot 'em down, shoot 'em down
Shoot 'em down, shoot 'em down
Shoot 'em down to the ground

Shoot 'em down, shoot 'em down
Shoot 'em down, shoot 'em down
Shoot 'em down, shoot 'em down
Shoot them down
Come on honey
Shoot them down
Come on shoot 'em down

UNDER THE BLADE

A glint of steel, a flash of light
You know you're not going home tonight
Be it jack or switch, doctor's or mind
Nowhere to run, everywhere you'll find
You can't escape from the bed you've made
When your time has come,
You'll accept the blade!

You're cornered in the alley way
You know you're not alone
You know it's gonna end this way
The chill goes to the bone
Now here it comes that glistening light
It goes into your side
The blackness comes, tonight's the night
The blade is gonna ride

'Cause you're under the blade,
Oh --
You're under the blade.

It's not another party head
This time you cannot rise
Your hands are tied, your legs are strapped
A light shines in your eyes
You faintly see a razor's edge
You open your mouth to cry
You know you can't, it's over now
The blade is gonna ride

'Cause you're under the blade
Oh
You're under the blade

A glint of steel, a flash of light
You know you're not going home tonight
Be it jack or switch, doctor's or mind
Nowhere to run, anywhere you'll find
You can't escape from the bed you've made
When your time has come,
You'll accept the blade!

You've tried to make it to the front
You're pinned against the side
A monster stands before you now
Its mouth is open wide
The lights go on, the night explodes
It tears into your mind
When the night does end, you'll come again,
The blade is gonna ride

'Cause you're under the blade
Oh
Under the blade

Here it comes, baby ...
Oww.

They say:
Hey whaddaya doin' with your life
Why don'tcha settle down and find yourself a wife
Don'tcha know you can't run away from here
When will you act your age, why don'tcha listen dear

I say:
I'll never grow up
I'll never grow up
I'll never grow up, now

They say:
You better stop your dreamin', you're goin' nowhere fast
What if we throw you out, how long you think you'll last
When will you go to school, why don'tcha get a job
Hey girl you better shape up, you're looking like a slob

Well I say:
I'll never grow up
I'll never grow up
I'll never grow up, now
And I say it again
I'll never grow up
I'll never grow up
I'll never grow up, now

I can't believe you can't hear what you're saying
Take a good look at yourself
Why don'tcha you listen to the music we're playing
Go pick on somebody else

Solo - Eddie

They say:
You think that life's a free ride, well take a tip from me
We're gonna end your party with some responsibility

I say:
I'll never grow up (ha ha ha ha)
I'll never grow up (oh)
I'll never grow up, now
(Alright but you can do better than that, everybody sing)
I'll never grow up (come on)
I'll never grow up (come on)
I'll never grow up, now
(Go, gimme, gimme, gimme, gimme, gimme, gimme, gimme, gimme)
I'll never grow up (hey you in the back, yeah you)
I'll never grow up (don't you stand there, sing along)
I'll never grow up, now
I'll never grow up (grow up now)
I'll never grow up
I'll never grow up, now (yippee, I want my mother)
I'll never grow up
I'll never grow up (what are these people doing in my room)
I'll never grow up, now (get off of my bed, I gotcha, I gotcha in my dresser)
I'll never grow up (what's happening?)
I'll never grow up (?)
I'll never grow up, now