Day after day your home life's a wreck,
the powers that be just
breathe down your neck.
You get no respect,
you get no relief,
you gotta speak up
and yell out your piece.
So back off your rules,
back off your jive
cause I'm sick of not living
to stay alive.
Leave me alone
I'm not asking a lot
I just don't want to be controlled.
That's all I want
all I want
all I want
yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.
How many times is it gonna take
till someone around you hears what you say.
You've tried being cool,
you feel like a lie,
you've played by their rules
now it's their turn to try.
So back off your rules
back off your jive
cause I'm sick of not living
to stay alive.
Leave me alone
I'm not asking a lot
I just don't want to be controlled.
That's all I want,
all I want.
all I want.
I said it before
I'll say it again
if you could just listen
then it might make sense
So back off your rules,
back off your jive
cause I'm sick of not living
to stay alive.
Leave me alone
I'm not asking a lot
I just don't want to be controlled.
That's all I want
all I want
all I want
all I want
yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.