You could be stuck in the mainstream
Or you can do just about anything
But if you sit at the table have something to bring
And don't be a vegetable

Yeah, I think on my feet when it comes down
And I listen to friends if I can't see the ground
But I love to be making my own sound
'Cause I'm not a vegetable

Yeah, some like high. Some like low
Some have to come and some have to go
The only thing I tell you that I know I know
Is that I can't be a vegetable

I say yeah! Yea
I say yeah! Yea
I'm not a vegetable
I'm not a vegetable

You can listen to a big mouth
You can follow a senator down south
Or you can look at the man who put the key in his hand and say
I'm not a vegetable

You can meet in the looby with the fat cat
He will probaly think you're a sewer rat
You can listen to his words. You can have that
I say I'm not a vegetable

Yeah, some like high. Some like low
Some have to come and some have to go
The only thing I tell you that I know I know
Is that I can't be a vegetable

I say yeah! Yea
I say yeah! Yea
I'm not a vegetable
I'm not a vegetable