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