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