Lyrics:

You get nothing for nothing.
And you die with [no stuff?]
If you want to be a super star
You're gonna need [call?] them up

So don't let noboby fool ya,
There ain't no damn perfect way.
So if you wanna make it last
There's a price that you're gonna have to pay.

Pay your dues.
Got to pay your dues.
Get nothing for nothing
And be abused
By everybody's brother.
And pay your dues.

I got nothing for nothing.
And been around a bit.
Ridin' on a merry-go-round
And feelin' like shit.

So if you see me out on the streets
Come up and ask me why.
And how long I'm gonna rock-n-roll
Well I'll tell ya, 'till I die'.

I say, I paid my dues.
I say, I paid my dues.
I got nothing for nothing
And I've been screwed
By everybody's brother
I've paid my dues.

I got no money for the rent
Its all been spent.
I've got the down payment blues.
I've spent my whole life trying,
No time for crying,
And now I've paid my dues.

I say, I paid my dues.
I think I paid my dues.
I get nothing for nothing
And I've been screwed
By everybody's brother
And who knows who
Nothing for nothing
And I've been screwed
By everybody's brother
And who knows who

Nothing for nothing [paid my dues...]
Nothing for nothing
Nothing for nothing
Nothing for nothing

I say I paid my dues.