The Rules

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 nights, 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 --- The Rules - The Tragically Hip