Bang on the Drum All Day Songtext
von Todd Rundgren

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

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 'til I got blisters on my hand
Because

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)

When I get older they think I′m a fool
The teacher told me I should stay after school
She caught me pounding on the desk with my hands
But my licks was so hot
I made the teacher wanna dance
And that's why


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 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 (listen to this)

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...

I don′t want to work
I want to bang on the drum all day (hey, hey)
I don′t want to play
I just want to bang on the drum all day (I can bang that drum)

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


I don't want to work
I want to bang on the drum all day (hey, you wanna take a bang at it?)
I don′t want to play
I just want to bang on the drum all day

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 (I can do this all day)

I don't want to work
I want to bang on the drum all day