Don't let the ba*tards get you down
You're one in a million, boy
They can't kick you around
There's no way to tell what's on the next page
But you write your own story
So sharpen your pencil, boy
It's life on your terms
When you've got dues to burn
When you've got dues to burn
Here's the story of a boy
And he loved a girl
She was his whole world
This girl made the boy feel so high
He wrote her name in the sky
But she had other plans
No one could love her like that
She couldn't understand
The tears fell from her blue eyes
As she kissed the boy goodbye
For the last time
Our hero he marches on
I hear he's doing OK
He drives by his girl every day
She works in a cafe
She's wearing a ring
And all the old men love her
He gets to see her laughing
While hes waiting for the light to turn green
And that makes the boy so happy
It's life on your own terms
When you've got dues to burn
And everything burns and the world still turns along
When you've got dues to burn