the man says jump

Malvina Reynolds

Well the man says jump,
Everybody jump,
And the man says jump,
Everybody jump,
And the man says jump,
Everybody jump.
I ain't gonna jump.

Chorus:
It's a free country,
And that I know,
And I don't mean to jump
Every time I'm told.
When the man is wrong,
I don't go along,
And I ain't gonna jump, not me.

Verse ad lib:
The man says Go?
The answer is no.

(Chorus)

The man says Kill?
I don't think I will.

(Chorus)

The man says Die?
But I don't know why.

(Chorus)

The man says Jump?
I ain't gonna jump.