vai a pagina precedente / go back to previous pageThe Drifters - YOU GOT TO PAY YOUR DUES
(Paul Vance / Rupert Holmes / Gerald Florio)

Baby he's got
all the gift that I've got
Baby he's offering
you a lot
One thing's for certain
before you choose
I am what I am, and to be what I am, I've got to pay my dues
You've got to pay your dues
I am what I am, and to be what I am, I've got to pay my dues.

All that I have
is a handful of rain
All that I own
is my soul and my name
Would I be different
with a shine on my shoes
Well I am what I am, and to be what I am, I've got to pay my dues
You've got to pay your dues
I am what I am, and to be what I am, I've got to pay my dues.

When you decide
to make up your mind
Think what you're losing
and what you might find
How can you win
if you never loose
But someday you will find that to own your own mind
You've got to pay your dues
You've got to pay your dues
Yes, there'll come a day when you're gonna say
I am what I am, and to be what I am, I've got to pay my dues
I've got to pay my dues
Yes I've got to pay my dues...