Bring your own lampshade, somewhere there's a party 
Here it's never ending, can't remember when it started 
Pass around the lampshade, 
there'll be plenty enough room in jail 

If being wrong's a crime, 
I'm serving forever 
If being strong's your kind, 
then I need help here with this feather 

If being afraid is a crime, 
we hang side by side at the swingin' party down the line 

Pound the prairie pavement, 
losing proposition 
Quitting school and going to work and never going fishing 
Water all around, I never learned how to swim now 

If being wrong's a crime, 
I'm serving forever 
If being strong's your kind, 
then I need help here with this feather 

If being afraid is a crime, 
we hang side by side at the swingin' party down the line 
At the swingin' party down the line 

Bring your own lampshade, somewhere there's a party 
Here it's never ending, can't remember when it started 
Pass around the lampshade, 
there'll be plenty enough room in jail 

If being wrong's a crime, 
I'm serving forever 
If being strong is what you want, 
then I need help here with this feather 

If being afraid is a crime, 
we hang side by side at the swingin' party down the line 
At the swingin' party down the line