Won't Change My Mind

I was born in the wrong place, wrong time, wrong date
Studied a little too long, was born a little too high
Mine are the worse credentials in the history of rock'n'roll
The hand that I have been dealt, would make many a man fold
That's so heavy on my mind, that's so heavy on my mind
Can't leave it behind
So I

I wrote to the Queen, I wrote to her Prime Minister
Prospects are sinister but I insist nonetheless
I would wanna stay, and if there is a way, I'd wanna be English
I told them about Konrad, that they wouldn't even have known
If I hadn't told them, that I wasn't home-grown
They told me you are foreign, we're sorry for it, but you're too strange

So I wrote to the Cabinet, I wrote to the Chancellor
Asking if they could cancel out my youth
You brought me up well fine but I gotta leave it behind
They told me you can fuck the truth but some things cannot be rearranged

No, no, no you cannot change
No, no, no, no way
No, no, no you cannot change
No way, no, no, way

So I wrote to the President, to his Secretary of State
Said I'd really wanna be Bob Dylan so very bad
They told me that: we're at the regret to reject
You're out-of-date, late and antiquated, just way out of range

So I wrote to my President, to the head of the Sorbonne
Said I was feeling uprooted and so very forlorn
Asked if I could use my birthright for a song
They said you've cheated us too long, we're officially estranged

No, no, no you cannot change
No, no, no, no way
No, no, no you cannot change
No way, no, no, way

So I went back to what comes closest to what anyone could call home
Left the Rock'n'Roll behind, back the good old Folk
You'd think I've changed my mind
But I never changed my mind

I ain't got no problem with the fact that you insist
I don't need your approval or endorsement to exist
But it just ain't fair to judge me for mistakes I did not made
You can piss on my parade
Won't change the way I want it played
No, what you say ain't got no weight

I don't have a problem with you calling me out
You can toss me around and push me about
Won't ever lead me to doubt
You can twist the knife and shout
No, what you say won't leave no doubt
No, what you say ain't got no clout

I don't hold no grudge, it's just so hard to be judged that rough
When all day long we're force-fed songs, like pigs in a fucking trough
You can smudge my name and face
No, what you say won't leave no trace
No, what you say ain't got no weight

Cause I won't change a single line
No, I won't change my fucking mind

No, I won't change a single line
No, I won't change my fucking mind
I know that tomorrow will be fine