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 s** 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