FUCK AROUND AND FIND OUT [Intro - stomp, clap, chant] Fuck around! (Find out!) Fuck around! (Find out!) Learned it in a barroom, never learned it in a school: Common sense is patient, boys, and it catches every fool. Fuck around! (Find out!) [Verse 1] Farmer sold the farm and loaded up the Ford, Said freedom ain't worth a damn no more. They promised him acres, promised him gold, Now the state's got the farm and the farmer's got old. Soldier wanted God and country, blood and soil, Loved a strong man, loved a flag, loved honest toil. They gave him boots and a bus and a uniform, And a one-way ticket straight into the storm. [Pre-Chorus] Here it comes, here it comes, hear the iron gates swing, Here it comes, here it comes, here's the bill for everything— [Chorus] Fuck around and find out! That's what it's all about! Sold your freedom for a promise and a padlock and a chain, Now the iron gates swing shut and you ain't comin' out again! You can holler, you can bargain, you can stomp and scream and shout, But the devil don't do refunds, boys—fuck around and find out! [Post-Chorus - gang chant] Find out! (Find out!) Find out! (Find out!) Fuck around and find out! (Hey! Hey!) [Verse 2] Dreamers wired fifty thousand to a smilin' man Who sold 'em paradise on a payment plan. But the house was air and the deed was smoke, Now they're on a borrowed floor, flat broke. Believer cursed the country that he called his own, Got down on his knees to a faraway throne. But the welcome mat was mighty thin, And the door stayed shut when he came knockin' in. [Pre-Chorus] Here it comes, here it comes, hear the iron gates swing, Here it comes, here it comes, here's the bill for everything— [Chorus] Fuck around and find out! That's what it's all about! Sold your freedom for a strong man and a padlock and a chain, Now the iron gates swing shut and you ain't comin' out again! You can holler, you can bargain, you can stomp and scream and shout, But the devil don't do refunds, boys—fuck around and find out! [Post-Chorus - gang chant] Find out! (Find out!) Find out! (Find out!) Fuck around and find out! (Hey! Hey!) [Bridge - spoken, band drops out] Old boy at the bar says he'd rather have a king, Says elections make you soft and freedom don't mean a thing. I said, "Friend, everybody loves a dictator, that's the game, Right up till the dictator learns your name." And here's the thing about a cage, I'll tell you free: It don't care one bit who bought the key. (whole bar) FIND OUT! [Final Chorus - double time] FUCK AROUND AND FIND OUT! THAT'S WHAT IT'S ALL ABOUT! Four fools bought a ticket, four fools took the ride, Four fools learned the hard way what was on the other side! You can blame the folks who warned you, you can rage and scream and shout, But when the strong man owns your future—FUCK AROUND AND FIND OUT! [Post-Chorus - everybody] Find out! (Find out!) Find out! (Find out!) Fuck around and find out! Find out! (Find out!) Find out! (Find out!) Fuck around and find out! (Hey! Hey!) [Outro] Funny thing about freedom, boys, you don't miss it till you're out. (whispered) Fuck around... (shouted) AND FIND OUT!
