Well you should have seen the look on my face as I came around that bend
Ninety Five miles an hour, baby, I was just startin’ to dig in
Up ahead in the distance, two troopers watching me pour it on
I’m callin’ you from the station, honey, gonna be late gettin’ home

You can take a rebel, lock him up and throw away the keys
But that will never do, my friend, he’s a rebel all his life and that’s all he’ll ever be

Well the drunk at the bar said one word too much so I laid him out flat on the floor
Beer bottles crashin’, chairs a smashin’ and the cops bustin’ thru the door
I went for broke, shot down the hall and two of them came after me
It seems that karate I learned awhile back came in handy after all

You can take a rebel, lock him up and throw away the keys
But that will never do, my friend, he’s a rebel all his life and that’s all he’ll ever be

Well there’s been all kinds of rebels and few have broken the law
They all get right back up again every time they take a fall
They blow off the dust and brush off the dirt and get ready for another day
They won’t abide by any rules they keep doin’ things their way

You can take a rebel, lock him up and throw away the keys
But that will never do, my friend, he’s a rebel all his life and that’s all he’ll ever be