This popular song has been used in countless commercials and has been the Touchdown song for the Green Bay Packers, one of America’s most popular football teams, for over twenty years now.
[Intro]
Alright! Everybody now!
[Chorus]
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
[Verse 1]
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
[Chorus]
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)
[Verse 2]
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 were so hot, I made the teacher wanna dance
And that's why
[Chorus]
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'm gonna bang now)
[Instrumental Interlude]
[Chorus]
I don't want to work
I want to bang on the drum all day
(I can bang that sucker)
I don't want to play
I just want to bang on the drum all day
(Listen to this)
[Verse 3]
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' head
Because
[Chorus]
I don't want to work
I want to bang on the drum all day
(Bang! Bang!)
I don't want to play
I just want to bang on the drum all day
(I can bang that drum)
[Outro]
I don't want to work
(Hey! Hey! Hey! Hey!)
I want to bang on the drum all day
(Hey! Hey! Hey! Hey! Hey! Hey! Hey! Hey! Hey!)
I don't want to play
I just want to bang on the drum all day
(This is why I bang the drum)
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
(Hey! Hey! Hey! Hey! Hey! Hey! Hey!)
I don't want to work
(Hey! Hey! Hey! Hey!)
I want to bang on the drum all day
(Hey! Bang!)
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...
Bang the Drum All Day was written by Todd Rundgren.
Bang the Drum All Day was produced by Todd Rundgren.
Todd Rundgren released Bang the Drum All Day on Thu Dec 30 1982.