Rules

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We’ve got rules man. We’ve got rules.

We’ve got rules for everything man. We’ve got rules.

We’ve got rules for making rules, and we do not suffer fools

We’ve got rules, man, we’ve got rules

We’ve got rules that stop you walking on the grass

We’ve got rules that stop you veering from the path

We’ve got rules that outlaw veils, we got rules for killing whales

We’ve got rules, man, we got rules

We’ve got rules for how you may or may not dress

We’ve got rules about the freedom of the press

We’ve got rules for parking cars, we insist that girls wear bras

Don’t be a fool man – follow the rules

We’ve got rules man. We’ve got rules.

We’ve got rules for everything man. We’ve got rules.

We’ve got rules for giving bribes, we’ve got rules for finding wives

We’ve got rules, man. We’ve got rules

Rules give me power and authority

If you try to break the rules that’s anarchy

So do just what I say, cause if you don’t you’ll have to pay

And that’s the rules, man, that’s the rules

We got rules for who you can and can’t offend

Jews are out, Mormons in again

Satire within bounds, that’s all that you’re allowed

Cause we’ve got rules man, we’ve got rules

We got rules man. We got rules.

We got rules for everything man. We got rules.

And I’m the man who makes them, so don’t be the one who breaks them

You’re a fool man – learn the rules

You wanna come in here man, we’ve got rules

Show your ID at the door man, we’ve got rules

Don’t wanna pay a fine, then you’d best get back in line

Cause we’ve got rules man, we’ve got rules

We’ve got rules that will assist you to be free

We’ve got rules but they don’t apply to me

If rules cause discontentment, you just plead the 5^th amendment

Though we’re planning to make rules about that too

We’ve got rules man. We’ve got rules.

We’ve got rules for everything man. We’ve got rules.

I don’t wanna hear a squeak, just cause we changed the rules last week

You should have known man, that’s the rule

We got rules for when you can and can’t make love

And how many you can be the parents of

No men in shorts, no girls in slacks, especially no gays or blacks

Learn it in school man, these are the rules

There’s a rule that says these rules cannot be bent

We do background checks and we do fingerprints

They may not make much sense, but we require obedience

Cause that’s the rules man, that’s the rules

We’ve got rules man. We’ve got rules.

We’ve got rules for everything man. We’ve got rules.

We’ve got rules for trouble-makers, we’ve got rules for the rule-breakers

We’ve got rules, man, we got rules

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Words and music by David Prashker

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