You can put a stick in my spokes
I can be the butt of your jokes
I can be the laughing stock, I can be the hoax
But I ain't gonna lose you
No, I ain't gonna lose you

They can come and tear my house down
They can run me out of town
They can tie me up, call me a clown
But I ain't gonna lose you
No, I ain't gonna lose you

I can't stand the thought of another man
No, I ain't gonna lose you

They can make me turn my back on my friends
And send me away to San Quentin
Put me in the hole thousand times again
Oh, I ain't gonna lose you
No, I ain't gonna lose you

Throw me in a hurricane
Tell the whole world I've gone insane
Run an electric shock to my brain
But I ain't gonna lose you
No, I ain't gonna lose you

I can't stand the thought of another man
No, I ain't gonna lose you
No, I ain't gonna lose, ain't gonna lose
Ain't gonna lose, ain't gonna lose
Ain't gonna lose, ain't gonna lose

And I'll sing it from my roof top
Sing it from the bus stop
Sing it on the street drunk to a cop
Oh, I ain't gonna lose you
No, I ain't gonna lose, ain't gonna lose you
Ain't gonna lose you, ain't gonna lose
Gonna lose you, gonna lose