We're Not Gonna Take It!
Composer(s): Pete Townshend
First release: The Who - 1969



Tommy:
Welcome to the camp
I guess you all know why we're here
My name is Tom and I became aware this year
If you want to follow me
you've got to play pinball
So put in your ear plugs
put on your shades
and you know where to put the cork!
He you getting drunk
so sorry, I've got you susses
He you smoking mother nature
you missed the bus
He hung up old mister normal
Don't try to gain my trust
'Cause you ain't gonna follow me
any of those ways
although you think you must!

We're not gonna take it
We're not gonna take it
We're not gonna take it
Never did and never will
We don't have to take it
Gonna break it!
Gonna shake it!
Let's forget it better still!

Tommy:
Now you can't hear me
your ears are truly sealed
You can't speak either
your mouth is filled
You can't see nothing
and pinball completes the scene...
Here comes Uncle Ernie
to guide you to
your very own machine

We're not gonna take it
We're not gonna take it
We're not gonna take it
Never did and never will
Don't want no religion
and as far as we can tell
we ain't gonna take you
Never did and never will
We're not gonna take you!
We forsake you!
Gonna rape you!
Let's forget you better still!
We forsake you
gonna rape you
Let's forget you... better still

Tommy:
See me, feel me, touch me, heal me
See me, feel me, touch me, heal me
Listening to you I get the music
Gazing at you I get the heat
Following you I climb the mountain
I get excitement at your feet!
Right behind you I see the millions
On you I see the glory
From you I get opinions
From you I get the story