(verse 1)
Big and small, weak and tall,
we don't wanna walk from the hand that feeds you,
runnin' round, burnin' down,
we're all tryin' to braid in this world that we live in.

All of my life I was waiting for more,
never did I think that this is what's in store,

(chorus)
Cause', we all want to be wise,
we all want to be wise, but nobody,
nobody, wants to, nobody, nobody, wants to compromise.

(verse 2)
Going strong, all along, but we don't wanna do just what we're told to,
you stop me in, my broken tracks, what can't we just finally relax,

when all of my life, I was waiting for more,
never did i think that this is what's in store,

(chorus)
Cause' we all want to be wise,
we all want to be wise, but nobody,
nobody, wants to, nobody, nobody, wants to compromise.
We all want to be wise, we all want to be wise,
but nobody, nobody, wants to, nobody, nobody, wants to compromise.

(bridge)
I am nothing, without my pride.
..I am nothing, nothing without my pride,
nothing ooh ooh, marching Im marching Im marching on,marching
Im marching Im marching on,
marching Im marching Im marching on,
marching Im marching Im marching whoa ooh on,
whoa ooh whoa, whoa ooh whoa, whoa ooh whoa, ooh whoa oh,

We all want to be wise, we all want to be wise,
but nobody, nobody, wants to, nobody, nobody, wants to compromise.
We all want to be wise, we all want to be wise,
but nobody, nobody, wants to,
nobody, nobody, wants to compromise.
. whoa ooh whoa, whoa ooh whoa, whoa ooh whoa, ooh whoa oh, oh....