Not Gonna Take Me

[Verse 1]
She was dressed in a fit of illusion
Indigo sun skirt, jet black hair
She was alive with the devil inside
Just burnin' and bruised with a cataract stare
She was on all the time down in Mexico City
When the devil took her down to make her look pretty
I'd give you the world if you'd just give me your skin
And I'll, I'll take you places that you've never been

[Chorus]
She said, "I was born down, left to wander
I'm just trying to get free
You took my mother, you took my father
Oh, but you're not gonna take me
No, no, you're not"

[Verse 2]
Bag packed tight, full of loose ends
She was sinkin' down, overflowin'
And tuggin' and tearin' just to keep it all in
But the seams come undone to the fate she was sewing
She said, "Get me a gin and make it a double
Gonna need some miracle to knock out this trouble
"You're not gonna win", she screamed to the sky
And said, "I'll keep on runnin' 'til the day I die, yeah"

[Chorus]
I was born down, left to wander
I'm just trying to get free
You took my mother, you took my father
Oh, but you're not gonna take me, no, no, no

[Post-Chorus]
No, you're not
No, you're not gonna take
No, you're not
No, you're not gonna take
No, you're not
No, you're not gonna take

[Bridge]
I've got hounds on my heels
Trying to crawl into my flesh and trying to tell me how to feel
I've got hounds on my heels
Sleepless and just follow me like I'm their only meal
I've been primed for the kill
Boots on my wheels
Hounds on my heels

[Verse 3]
Cop said he saved her, then he gave her a rose
But the devil hides thorns under flowery prose
He said, "There's nothin' I can do to handcuff a demon, but
I'll lock you up if you keep on screamin'"

[Chorus]
I was born down, left to wander
I'm just trying to get free
You took my mother, you took my father
Oh, but you're not gonna take me

[Outro]
No, you're not
No, you're not gonna take
No, you're not
No, you're not gonna take
No, you're not
No, you're not gonna take
No, you're not
No, you're not gonna take