Broke the Rules - Tom Enzy

Legs scream at bikes and bikes scream at trucks And motorists curse their lousy luck Crossing guard's not doing his job And traffic's not about to stop for the first casualty of thought It's the rules It's the rules Superfarmer's bent on the cover of time The moralists scream he's all mine So the bard isn't doing her job The vacuum night, the darkest rites, the small quarantined thoughts It's the rules It's the rules Salesman said this vacuum's guaranteed It could suck an ancient virus from the sea It could put the dog out of a job Could make traffic stop so little thoughts can safely get across It's the rules It's the rules Guaranteed or not It's the rules

There's the river, there's your house and there's the church And there's us years ago Deep in your garden where the nettle met the rose Is where we'd hide ourselves Yes, we were just kids But you couldn't tell us that These are the garden rules It's what you always said Oh, you will never know how much I love you so Oh, you will never know how much I love you You would call the garden rules, out like commands And we would all obey But you'd stifle giddy laughter as you spoke And puncture the pretend And we would chase our tails Until the sun forgot to shine And our parents called our names Till just you and I were left Oh, you will never know how much I love you so Oh, you will never know how much I love you From your house we walk the river To the church by the silent fields Amongst the lavender and headstones And the larks in our Sunday clothes Your father calls to you As he's looking at his watch You leave me with a kiss On my quickly heating cheek Oh, you will never know how much I love you so Oh, you will never know how much I love you Oh, you will never know how much I love you so Oh, you will never know how much I love you Oh, you will never know how much I love you so Oh, you will never know how much I love you Oh, you will never know how much I love you so Oh, you will never know how much I love you

Oh come on Close the city and tell the people That something's coming to call Death and darkness are rushing forward To take a bite from the wall, oh You've nothing to say They're breaking away If you listen to fools The mob rules The mob rules Kill the spirit and you'll be blinded The end is always the same Play with fire you burn your fingers And lose your hold of the flame, oh It's over, it's done The ending began If you listen to fools The mob rules You've nothing to say Oh, they're breaking away If you listen to fools Break the circle and stop the movement The wheel is thrown to the ground Just remember it might start rolling And take you right back around You're all fools, fools, fools, fools The mob rules