Authority Song

John Cougar Mellencamp

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Oh, they like to get you in a compromising position.
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They like to get you there and smile in your face.
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Well, they think they're so cute when they got you in that condition.
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Well, I think it's a to..tal disgrace..and I said..

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I fight authority, authority always wins.
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Well, I fight authority, authority always wins.
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Well, I've been doing it since I was a young kid and I come out grinnin'.
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Well, I fight authority, authority always wins.

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So, I call up my preacher,I say, 'Give me strength for Round Five.'
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He said , 'You don't need no strength, you need to grow up, son.'
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I said, 'Growing up leads to growing old and then to dying.
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Ohhh, and dying to me don't sound like all that much fun.'
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So, I said..

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INTERLUDE

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I said, oh, no..no, no.....I said, oh, no..no, no.....

Chorus 2x

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Well, I fight authority, authority always wins.
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Well, I fight authority, authority always wins. (Fade.)