All I Want

Album: Ixnay On The Hombre (1996)
Charted: 31
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  • Okay! Ya-ya-ya-ya-ya!

    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, asking a lot
    I don't wanna be controlled

    It's all I want
    It's all I want
    It's all I want
    It's all I want
    Ya-ya-ya-ya-ya!

    How many times (is it gonna take)
    'Til 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, not asking a lot
    Just don't want to be controlled

    It's all I want
    It's all I want
    It's all I want
    It's 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, not asking a lot
    Just don't want to be controlled

    It's all I want
    It's all I want
    It's all I want
    Ya-ya-ya-ya-ya! Writer/s: Bryan Holland
    Publisher: CONCORD MUSIC PUBLISHING LLC
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