Bring your own lampshade
Somewhere there's a party
Here it's never ending
Can't remember when it started
Pass around the lampshade
There'll be plenty enough room in jail

If being wrong's a crime
I'm serving forever
If being strong's your kind
Then I need help here with this feather

If being afraid is a crime
We hang side by side
At the swingin' party down the line

Pound the prairie pavement
Losing proposition
Quitting school and going to work
And never going fishing
Water all around,
I never learned how to swim now

If being wrong's a crime
I'm serving forever
If being strong's your kind
Then I need help here with this feather

If being afraid is a crime
We hang side by side
At the swingin' party down the line
At the swingin' party down the line

Bring your own lampshade
Somewhere there's a party
Here it's never ending,
Can't remember when it started
Pass around the lampshade
There'll be plenty enough room in jail

If being wrong's a crime
I'm serving forever
If being strong is what you want
Then I need help here with this feather

If being afraid is a crime
We hang side by side
At the swingin' party down the line
At the swingin' party down the line


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Swingin Party Lyrics as written by Paul Westerberg

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    I could be wrong, but I think the line "I need help here with this feather" is a reference to the white feather which was used as a symbol of cowardice during World War 1 to shame young men into enlisting in the army.

    tysoncadenheadon May 12, 2015   Link

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