I took my troubles down to Madame Ruth You know that gypsy with the gold-capped tooth She's got a pad down at Thirty-Fourth and Vine Sellin' little b… - Leiber-Stoller

Pick up the papers from the trash.
Cans and bottles you can cash.
We'll better just recycle, or
We're not gonna rock 'n' roll no more
Yakety Yak,
Take it Back.<p>Don't be no square. Don't be no chump.
Don't make this Earth a garbage dump.
This planet's screaming "NO MORE FUNK!".
There's no more room for no more junk.
Yakety Yak,
Take it Back.<p>Yakety Yak,
Take it Back.
Yakety Yak,
Take it Back.
Yakety Yak,
Take it Back.
Yakety Yak,
Take it Back.<p>Kids, you don't have to go to school
To teach your folks this simple rule.
If it's a drink, or just a snack,
Well, when it's empty, take it back.
Yakety Yak,
Take it Back.<p>Who says you can't fight City Hall?
Just write a letter. Make a call.
Sign a petition. And, what's more,
Make 'em get it at your door.
Yakety Yak,
Take it Back.<p>Yakety Yak,
Take it Back.
Yakety Yak,
Take it Back.
Yakety Yak,
Take it Back.
Yakety Yak,
Take it Back.

Don't, don't," that's what you say
Each time that I hold you this way
When I feel like this and I want to kiss you
Baby, don't say "don't

The warden threw a party in the county jail
The prison band was there and they began to wail
The band was jumpin' and the joint began to swing
You should've heard those knocked out jailbirds sing<p>Let's rock
Everybody, let's rock
Everybody in the whole cell block
Was dancin' to the Jailhouse Rock