RULES
Words & Music by Mickey McBride
Verse 1
AND THE LAMB WENT TO SLAUGHTER...
JUST BECAUSE HE DRANK SOME WATER...
'CAUSE THE WATER WASN'T MEANT TO QUENCH HIS THIRST,
HE WAS JUST A POOR BEAST,
BUT HIS WHOLE EXISTANCE CEASED,
'CAUSE HE DIDN'T UNDERSTAND ABOUT THE RULES,
Verse 2
AND THE DOG THAT WAS TAKEN...
TO THE POUND TO BE FORSAKEN...
'CAUSE HIS MASTER DIDN'T WANT HIM ANYMORE,
HE WAS JUST A POOR PUP,
BUT HIS MASTER GAVE HIM UP,
HE WILL SLEEP FOREVER NOW 'CAUSE THAT'S THE RULES,
Bridge
THE RULES MAY BE TOUGH,
YET THEY'RE USUALLY GOOD ENOUGH...
TO SATISFY THE BLOODTHIRST OF US FOOLS,
BUT KILLING SELDOM WORKS,
IT'S ANOTHER OF OUR QUIRKS,
WE USE IT LIKE ANOTHER OF OUR TOOLS,
Verse 3
AND THE CHILD WHO WAS BEATEN...
JUST BECAUSE HE HADN'T EATEN,
AND HIS DADDY LOST HIS TEMPER IN A BURST,
NOW THE CHILD LAYS AT REST,
EVEN THOUGH HE TRIES HIS BEST,
BUT HIS DADDY HAS TO DIE... 'CAUSE THAT'S THE RULES.
Copyright 1992 by Mickey McBride Do not copy without the expressed
Copyright 1998 by Staff And Note Music Publishing Co.
written consent of the copyright owner.