{"id":56761,"date":"2026-11-14T17:34:37","date_gmt":"2026-11-14T17:34:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/?p=56761"},"modified":"2026-11-14T17:34:37","modified_gmt":"2026-11-14T17:34:37","slug":"dropkick","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/2026\/11\/14\/dropkick\/","title":{"rendered":"Dropkick"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[Intro]<br \/>\nHey! (Hey!)<br \/>\nWhat&#8217;s the deal?<br \/>\nSome things aren&#8217;t worth<br \/>\nThe way they feel!<\/p>\n<p>(Dropkick!)<br \/>\n(Dipstick!)<br \/>\nTime to make a break!<br \/>\n(Not enough give&#8230; just take)<br \/>\nTake, take, take<\/p>\n<p>[Verse 1]<br \/>\nYou talk a lot but say so little<br \/>\nAlways looking for a riddle<br \/>\nBig opinions, empty head<br \/>\nSame old nonsense, nothing said  <\/p>\n<p>Push your luck and cross the line<br \/>\nThink you&#8217;re clever every time<br \/>\nBut I&#8217;ve had enough of your tricks<br \/>\nI&#8217;m done dealing with your antics  <\/p>\n<p>[Refrain]<br \/>\nAre you thick<br \/>\n(Dropkick)<br \/>\nA dipstick<br \/>\n(Dropkick)<\/p>\n<p>Had to let go<br \/>\n(You don&#8217;t want to know)<br \/>\nCome on and shout:<br \/>\n(Cutting you out!)<\/p>\n<p>[Verse 2]<br \/>\nAlways stirring up the trouble<br \/>\nMaking mountains out of rubble<br \/>\nNever listening, never wrong<br \/>\nHow&#8217;d you keep this up so long?  <\/p>\n<p>You can take your little show<br \/>\nFind another place to go<br \/>\nI&#8217;m not buying what you sell<br \/>\nKeep your drama to yourself  <\/p>\n<p>[Refrain]<br \/>\nAre you thick<br \/>\n(Dropkick)<br \/>\nA dipstick<br \/>\n(Dropkick)<\/p>\n<p>Had to let go<br \/>\n(You don&#8217;t want to know)<br \/>\nCome on and shout:<br \/>\n(Cutting you out!)<\/p>\n<p>Drop!<br \/>\n(Out of my life!)<br \/>\nKick!<br \/>\n(Out of my sight!)<br \/>\nDropkick!<br \/>\n(That&#8217;s the trick!)<br \/>\nDipstick!<br \/>\n(That&#8217;s your shtick!)<br \/>\nNo hard feelings<br \/>\n(Well, maybe a few!)<br \/>\nBut I&#8217;ve got better things<br \/>\n(Than putting up with you!)<\/p>\n<p>Who&#8217;s in control?<br \/>\n(Rock n&#8217; roll!)<br \/>\nWho&#8217;s got the goal?<br \/>\n(We wanna stroll!)<\/p>\n<p>[Final Refrain]<br \/>\nAre you thick<br \/>\n(Dropkick)<br \/>\nA dipstick<br \/>\n(Dropkick)<\/p>\n<p>Had to let go<br \/>\n(You don&#8217;t want to know)<br \/>\nCome on and shout:<br \/>\n(Cutting you out!)<\/p>\n<p>Are you thick<br \/>\n(Dropkick)<br \/>\nA dipstick<br \/>\n(Dropkick)<\/p>\n<p>No, oh no more<br \/>\n(There&#8217;s the door!)<br \/>\nHad enough<br \/>\n(That&#8217;s enough!)<\/p>\n<p>[Outro]<br \/>\nDropkick!<br \/>\n(Dropkick!)<br \/>\nDipstick!<br \/>\n(Dipstick!)<br \/>\nHad to let go<br \/>\n(You don&#8217;t want to know!)<br \/>\nCome on and shout:<br \/>\n(CUTTING YOU OUT!)<\/p>\n<p>DROP!<br \/>\nKICK!<\/p>\n<p>About the Song<br \/>\nSlang<br \/>\n\u2022 As an insult (especially in Australian slang): A derogatory term used to describe a foolish, incompetent, or worthless person (similar to a &#8220;drongo&#8221; or &#8220;idiot&#8221;).<br \/>\n\u2022 As an action: Informally cutting someone out of your life (e.g., &#8220;dropping&#8221; or breaking off ties with a bad influence)<\/p>\n<p>From the album <strong>&#8220;<a href=\"\/albums\/Vista\/\">Vista<\/a>&#8220;<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[Intro] Hey! (Hey!) What&#8217;s the deal? Some things aren&#8217;t worth The way they feel! (Dropkick!) (Dipstick!) Time to make a break! (Not enough give&#8230; just take) Take, take, take [Verse 1] You talk a lot but say so little Always looking for a riddle Big opinions, empty head Same old nonsense, nothing said Push your [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","nfd_image_url":"","nfd_onboarding_generated":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-56761","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/56761","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=56761"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/56761\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":56778,"href":"http:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/56761\/revisions\/56778"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=56761"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=56761"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=56761"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}