| I went to school today, the teacher threw me out
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| Said what I was wearing was bound to make him shout
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| I said get outta my face, don’t tell me how to look
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| Go back to your algebra and you’re basic algebra book
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| Listen man
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| Don’t tell me, don’t tell me, don’t tell me what to wear
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| Don’t tell me, don’t tell me, don’t tell me to cut my hair
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| Don’t tell me, don’t tell me, don’t tell me what to wear, you square
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| I went to my cousin’s wedding with my black leather jacket on
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| Well, the groom tried to tell me how I was dressed wrong
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| I say don’t tell me how to look, think, or act
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| I won’t even listen to you, I think you’re a drag, such a drag
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| Don’t tell me, don’t tell me, don’t tell me what to wear
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| Don’t tell me, don’t tell me, don’t tell me to cut my hair
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| Don’t tell me, don’t tell me, don’t tell me what to wear, you square
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| I went to a chic French restaurant, I wasn’t wearin' no tie
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| The maitre’d had the audacity to say: boy, you must be high
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| I say: you’re drinks look funny, costs too much money
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| And there’s snails in your food
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| You don’t like the looks of me; | 
| I don’t like the looks of you
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| Don’t tell me, don’t tell me, don’t tell me what to wear
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| Don’t tell me, don’t tell me, don’t tell me to cut my hair
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| Don’t tell me, don’t tell me, don’t tell me what to wear |