We care a lot
We care a lot

We care a lot about disasters, fires, floods and killer bees
We care a lot about the NASA shuttle falling in the sea
We care a lot about starvation and the food that Live Aid bought
We care a lot about disease, baby Rock, Hudson, rock, yeah

We care a lot
We care a lot

We care a lot about the gamblers and the pushers and the freaks
We care a lot about the people who live on the street
We care a lot about the welfare of all the boys and girls
We care a lot about you people 'cause we're out to save the world, yeah

It's a dirty job but someone's gotta do it
Oh, it's a dirty job but someone's gotta do it
Its a dirty job but someone's gotta do it
Oh, it's a dirty job but someone's gotta do it

It's a dirty job but someone's gotta do it
Oh, it's a dirty job but someone's gotta do it

We care a lot about the army, navy, air force and marines
We care a lot about the NY, SF and LAPD
We care a lot about you people
We care a lot about your guns
We care a lot about the wars you're fighting gee that looks like fun

We care a lot about the cabbage patch, the smurfs, and DMC
We care a lot about Madonna and we cop for Mr.T
We care a lot about the little things, the bigger things we top
We care a lot about you people yeah you bet we care a lot, yeah

It's a dirty job but someone's gotta do it
Oh, it's a dirty job but someone's gotta do it

Said, it's a dirty job but someone's gotta do it
Oh, it's a dirty job but someone's gotta do it
Oh, it's a dirty job but someone's gotta do it
Oh, it's a dirty job but someone's gotta do it
Oh, it's a dirty job but someone's gotta do it
Oh, it's a dirty job but someone's gotta do it
Oh, it's a dirty job but someone's gotta do it
Oh, it's a dirty job but someone's gotta do it


Lyrics submitted by jt, edited by AkaiEdge, boomgorilla

We Care A Lot Lyrics as written by Chuck Mosley Bill Gould

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  • +3
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    This song is hilarious. It makes fun of celebrities who make it to the top and suddenly have nowhere else to go to feel like good, productive people, so they branch out into charity work and try to "save the world." I like how it starts out normal "disasters, fires, floods" and gets absurd by the end of the first line: They care about "killer bees," and finally just gets downright ridiculous "We care a lot about Transformers because there's more than meets the eye."

    Terrific.

    iamchipdouglason December 16, 2005   Link
  • +2
    General Comment

    i like mosley's voice

    bongoon October 05, 2004   Link
  • +1
    General Comment

    you got the lyriks wrong, its smack and crack and whack, not crack and smack and whack

    anitchonmyfooton February 27, 2006   Link
  • +1
    General Comment

    Chuck Mosley definitely had a good voice for punk. But I think that was the problem, the rest of the band just wasn't punk, and it didn't really work with many songs other than this one.

    Without a doubt my favorite genre in music is punk, but Mike Patton suited Faith No More so much better technically that there's just no comparing Mosley to him. I agree mostly with mykal77, when you hear Patton cover this song you realize how badly he outclassed Mosley even at his own game.

    It's a pity Mike Patton changed so much over the years though. There were a couple of good tracks on Peeping Tom, but half the time he tries so hard to be strange that his music ends up lame, and it's annoying to listen to knowing how much talent he has. He's just gone way over the top but I guess that's his schtick now.

    As for the meaning of this song, I think it's about people who get caught up in the news and go on a morality rampage to place themselves on a moral high ground, so they feel superiority & self worth. Or alternatively, I think it could be about apathy in our society.

    Taffinon September 30, 2007   Link
  • +1
    General Comment

    It's about famous people dping charity shows. Like live aid. "It's a dirty job, but someones gotta do it" is meant sarcasticly..

    krolletopon February 04, 2008   Link
  • +1
    General Comment

    Moseley is actually a great vocalist, but his style suited punk much better. Listen to the Crab Song by FNM from Introduce Yourself, its probably their best Moseley-Era song.

    Volanaroon September 06, 2009   Link
  • +1
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    you cant beat a song that says: "About Transformers cos there more than meets the eye" Classic, My friend Aidan, my partner Ricky and I saw them last week and our friend kept singing " We care a lot, about the fishes and the animals in the zoo" We got a little bit of a gigle out of it lol

    megsie81on March 02, 2010   Link
  • +1
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    about disease, baby Rock, Hudson, rock, yeah

    That's pretty sick, haha.

    Muggeron June 06, 2010   Link
  • +1
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    It's easy to be indifferent to the ways of the world, but that just leads to one living an empty life.

    drtre62688on July 14, 2012   Link
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    I like the version of We Care A Lot more on this album than on their 2nd one, this one feels more like true grunge and feels more rebellious.

    TimPSmithon March 10, 2014   Link

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