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I Will Not Go Quietly (Duffy's Song) Lyrics

I will not go quietly
I will not accept your rules
Gonna live with myself
Before I live with any of you

I was the best, you all knew it
On the days I cared at all
You can all say I blew it
You'll be talking about me for years

I will not go quietly
I will not behave myself
It's not for the sake of fighting
Not for you or anyone else

I was the best, you all knew it
On the days I cared at all
You can all say I blew it
You'll be talking about me for years

I was my own man,
Can y'all say that?
Yeah I was my own man,
Can y'all say that?
Yeah I was my own man,
Yeah I was the shit

I don't believe in Bondi
I don't believe in Rugby League
I believe in Yoko
John Lennon, the lost weekend and me

I was the best, you all knew it
On the days I cared at all
You can all say I blew it
You'll be talking about me for years

I was my own man,
Can y'all say that?
Yeah I was my own man,
Can y'all say that?
Yeah I was my own man,
Yeah I was the shit

I will not go quietly
I will not go quietly
I will not accept your rules
I don't believe in Bondi
I don't believe in Rugby League

I will not go quietly
I will not behave myself
I will not go quietly
Not behave myself
I will not go quietly

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addıct On Sep 29, 2006

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I will not go quietly
I will not accept your rules
Gonna live with myself
Before I live with any of you

I was the best, you all knew it
On the days I cared at all
You can all say I blew it
You'll be talking about me for years

I will not go quietly
I will not behave myself
It's not for the sake of fighting
Not for you or anyone else

I was the best, you all knew it
On the days I cared at all
You can all say I blew it
You'll be talking about me for years

I was my own man,
Can y'all say that?
Yeah I was my own man,
Can y'all say that?
Yeah I was my own man,
Yeah I was the shit

I don't believe in Bondi
I don't believe in Rugby League
I believe in Yoko
John Lennon, the lost weekend and me

I was the best, you all knew it
On the days I cared at all
You can all say I blew it
You'll be talking about me for years

I was my own man,
Can y'all say that?
Yeah I was my own man,
Can y'all say that?
Yeah I was my own man,
Yeah I was the shit

I will not go quietly
I will not go quietly
I will not accept your rules
I don't believe in Bondi
I don't believe in Rugby League

I will not go quietly
I will not behave myself
I will not go quietly
Not behave myself
I will not go quietly

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by Skelet0r

19y ago

This one is about Duffy who was a character on "Love is a Four Letter Word", an ABC drama set in Dubbo which Tim was a big fan of.

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