[Chorus]
I don't want to work
I want to bang on the drum all day
I don't want to play
I just want to bang on the drum all day

[Verse 1]
Ever since I was a tiny boy
I don't want no candy
I don't need no toy
I took a stick and an old coffee can
I pound on that thing 'til I got
Blisters on my hand because

[Chorus]
I don't want to work
I want to bang on the drum all day
I don't want to play
I just want to bang on the drum all day

[Verse 2]
When I get older they think I'm a fool
The teacher told me I should stay after school
She caught me pounding on the desk with my hands
But my licks was so hot
I made the teacher wanna dance
And that's why
[Chorus]
I don't want to work
I want to bang on the drum, like Elvis in Hawaii
I don't want to play
I just want to bang on the drum all day
And here we go now
A-eeeheeheehee, oh mum away
A-eeeheeheehee, oh mum away

[Verse 3]
Every day when I get home from work
I feel so frustrated
The boss is a jerk
And I get my sticks and go out to the shed
And I pound on that drum like it was the boss's head
Because

[Chorus]
I don't want to work
I want to bang on the drum all day
Mele kalikimaka
I don't want to play
I just want to bang on the drum all day
I want to bang now
A-eeeheeheehee, oh mum away
A-eeeheeheehee, oh mum away
I said
I don't want to work
I want to bang on the drum all day
Uma uma nuka
I don't want to play
I just want to bang on the drum all day