you can put a stick in my spokes
I can be the butt of your jokes
I can be the laughing stock
I can be the hoax
but I ain't gonna lose you
no I ain't gonna lose you
they can come and tear my house down
they can run me out of town
they can tie me up, call me a clown
but I ain't gonna lose you
no I ain't gonna lose you
I can't stand the thought of another man
no I ain't gonna lose you
they can make me turn my back on my friends
and send me away to San Quentin
put me in the hold a thousand times again
oh I ain't gonna lose you
no I ain't gonna lose you
throw me in the hurricaine
tell the whole world I gone insane
run an electric shock to my brain
but I ain't gonna lose you
no I ain't gonna lose you
I can't stand the thought of another man
no I ain't gonna lose you
no I ain't gonna lose
ain't gonna lose
ain't gonna lose
ain't gonna lose
ain't gonna lose
ain't gonna
and I sing it from my rooftop
I sing it from the bus stop
sing it on the street, drunk, to a cop
oh I ain't gonna lose you
no I ain't gonna lose
ain't gonna lose you
ain't gonna lose you
ain't gonna lose
gonna lose you
gonna lose