Rowdy Proud

Song written and performed by The Tokens.

Rowdy Proud

Shooby dooby dooby doo bop bop du shooby dooby,
Shooby dooby dooby doo bop bop shoo dyke,
Baa baa, shoo bop doo lesi lesi,
baa baa, shoo bop doo dyke.

Disabled dykes come in all shapes and sizes
we’re everywhere, we’ve always been around.
Rowdy proud disabled dykes are coming out.

Creeping out of all the institutions,
crashing down the doors of padded cells.
Rowdy proud disabled dykes are coming out.

They will never stifle our emotions,
drugging us with pills and nasty potions.
Rowdy proud disabled dykes are coming out.

Never will they crush our loud defiance,
force us meekly into compliance.
Rowdy proud disabled dykes are coming out.

Cruising in the dorms of special schools,
finding sisters everywhere we turn.
Rowdy proud disabled dykes are coming out.

Sneaking out of residential centres,
storming out of hospitals and homes.
Rowdy proud disabled dykes are coming out.

They will never stifle our emotions,
drugging us with pills and nasty potions.
Rowdy proud disabled dykes are coming out.

Never will they crush our loud defiance,
force us meekly into compliance.
Rowdy proud disabled dykes are coming out.
Weaving baskets in the day centres,
we are plotting ways to break their hold.
Rowdy proud disabled dykes are coming out.

Because disabled dykes come in all shapes and sizes
We’re everywhere, we’ve always been around.
Rowdy proud disabled dykes are coming out.

Yeh, yeh, yeh,
Rowdy proud disabled dykes are coming out,
Oh yeh, yeh,
Rowdy proud disabled dykes are coming out