We Care a Lot

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“We Care a Lot” is a song by Faith No More. There are three versions of the song (including a Mike Patton era ‘Live’ version), all of which have been officially released… Read More

Jan. 1, 19851 viewer35.6K views

We Care a Lot Lyrics

[Refrain]
We care a lot
We care a lot

[Verse 1]
(We care a lot) About disasters, fires, floods and killer bees
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
(Whoo)

[Chorus]
(Whoa, whoa)
Oh, it's a dirty job, but someone's gotta do it
Oh, it's a dirty job, but someone's gotta do it

[Refrain]
We care a lot
We care a lot

[Verse 2]
(We care a lot) About the gamblers and the pushers and the geeks
(We care a lot) About the smack and crack and whack that hits the streets
(We care a lot) About the welfare of all you boys and girls
(We care a lot) About you people 'cause we're out to save the world
Yeah
(Whoo)

[Chorus]
It's a dirty job, but someone's gotta do it (Whoa, whoa)
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 (Whoa, whoa)
Oh, 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

[Verse 3]
(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 we're fighting, gee, that looks like fun

[Verse 4]
(We care a lot) About the Garbage Pail Kids, they never lie
(We care a lot) About Transformers 'cause there's more than meets the eye
(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
(Whoo, whoo)

[Outro]
(Whoa, whoa)
Said it's a dirty job, but someone's gotta do it
Well, it's a dirty job, but someone's gotta do it (Whoa, whoa)
Said it's a dirty job, but someone's gotta do it
Well, it's a dirty job, but someone's gotta do it
Said it's a dirty job, but someone's gotta do it
Well, it's a dirty job, but someone's gotta do it (Whoa, whoa)
Well, it's a dirty job, but someone's gotta do it
Said it's a dirty job, but someone's gotta do it
Said it's a dirty song, but someone's gotta sing it now

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About

“We Care a Lot” is a song by Faith No More. There are three versions of the song (including a Mike Patton era ‘Live’ version), all of which have been officially released over three different albums. The original was recorded for and released on the band’s first studio album We Care a Lot. A re-recorded version, with new lyrics was included on the Introduce Yourself album.

The lyrics of this song are a sarcastic parody of “the popstar posing that accompanied those [Live Aid style] charitable events” and mentions a range of things about which the band sarcastically claims ‘we care a lot’, such as the LAPD, the “food that Live Aid bought”, the Garbage Pail Kids and even The Transformers. The original version, released in 1985, mentions Madonna and Mr. T. This was altered for social relevance in the 1987 re-release. When asked about the song’s meaning, Chuck Mosley replied:

Well, ah Roddy wrote all the things that he cared about and I just wrote the part that says, “it’s a dirty job but someone’s gotta do it” ‘cause I figured that’s just the feeling I got. That’s the only thing I submitted. That, and the newer lyrics in the updated version.

Lead singer Chuck Mosley was later fired from the band. In later years he re-recorded a cover version with founding member Roddy Bottum and performed it on occasion with FNM on their later reunion shows with him.