IntroVerse 1Growing Up I Had It RoughAlthough I Hated Work It Taught Me Just EnoughTo Know There Ain’t No ApplicationFor The Job That I’ve Been ChasingAnd I’m Looking For A Diamond In The RoughAnd As It Seems To MeThat If It Was Just A Phase It Would’ve Passed Around EighteenBut It Didn’t And I’m In It Past The Point Of Giving InSo Make Your Wagers, Place Your BetsAnd Shut Your Mouth About RegretsAnd How We’re ScrewedVerse 2You Climb The Rung I’ll Keep My HeadAnd I’ll Take All The Crap You’re Giving Me InsteadCause We’ll Be Driving To A Show While You’ll Be Working At The StoreAnd Checking Out Some Lady Buying Wonder Bread And As ItSeems To MeThat There Are Lots Of Cool Jobs But Just A Few That Interest MeI Never Wanted To Work Inside A Shop As A ClerkOr Build My Pension Plan By Being A Company ManChorusI Want To Be In A BandI Wanna Make The Supply And Then Create The DemandI Want To Be In A BandMy Parents Still Don’t UnderstandN.c.DamnVerse 3Just Add It Up, You’ll See The CruxFrom All Our Arguments We’ve Gathered Just EnoughTo Know We’re Quicker Than A Hare And Smarter Than The Average BearAnd Just Because Itself Is Reason Just Enough And As ItSeems To MeThat The Sheer Volume Of Pay Is Not A Gauge Of Self-EsteemI Never Wanted To Work Inside A Shop As A ClerkOr Build My Pension Plan By Being A Company ManChorusI Want To Be In A Band (Yeah!)We’ve Got A Penchant For Fun And Groove For EveryoneI Want To Be In A BandIf You’re Concerned With The Odds You’d Better Never BeginBridgeVeterinarian, Garbage ManOr Public Speaking From A StandOr Pulling Teeth Or Sweeping StreetsAre All Real Cool And Need To Be DoneBut NotBy Me (Pretty Badass)ChorusI Want To Be In A Band (Black Coffee And Wrong Turns)I Want To Make The Supply And Then Create The DemandI Want To Be In A Band (Banned From All The Big Clubs)Supply Side Economics Fit To Make You HappyBe In A Band (Beer Drinking And Mayhem)We’ve Got A Penchant For Fun And Groove For EveryoneI Want To Be In A Band (Bandanas And Make-Up)My Children Still Don’t UnderstandN.c.YeahOutro
