Don't Break The Rules

Don't Break the Rules - Aaron Tveit

It starts very early

Once the baby toys are gone

A kid on the playground

Has to choose what side he's on

It's the bullies or the good guys

Boy there ain't no middle ground

Though hoodlums try to blur the line

And twist the truth around

Then they call themselves a winner

But they're self-deceiving fools

'Cause the game ain't worth winning

If you're breaking all the rules

The law is laid upon us

When as kids we first ask "Why "

Our parents set the rules when

"'Cause I said so " they reply

And through I thought I hated them

And screamed with all my might

The next time that I had a choice

Gee whiz I did what's right

You know I never snuck a drink

I never stole a pack of “Kools”

'Cause the game ain't worth winning

If you're breaking all the rules

Don't break the rules

Or else we're living

In the wild wild west

Don't break the rules

God's keeping score

And you don't wanna fail that test

Don't break the rules

You thumb your nose

Right at the life for which I strive

But those rules

Those laws keep us alive

Well it started back with Moses

When he led around the Jews

The Jews

And climbed way up that mountain

To pick up God's daily news

Tell me the news

He schlepped up old Mt Sinai

Cried and begged on their behalf

Oh lord

He almost dropped those tablets

When he saw that golden calf

What

Now we teach the Ten Commandments

Every Sunday in our schools

'Cause the game ain't worth winning

If you're breaking all the rules

I guess he Constitution boys

To some is too complex

We're thinkin'

They think our founding fathers fought so

They could forge some checks

And now it's lookin'

They see themselves as Robin Hood

Just stealing from the rich

And doncha' know they're

Not paying back the things they take

Well pay back is a bitch

Pow

'Cause the world ain't Sherwood Forest

You can't give away those jewels

'And the game ain't worth winning

If you're breaking all the rules

Don't break the rules

Or else we're living in the wild wild west

Don't break the rules

God's keeping score

And you don't wanna fail that test

Don't break the rules

You thumb your nose

Right at the life for which I strive

But those rules those laws keep us alive

Us alive

When you steal somebody's money

Screw his daughter or his wife

Wop

You don't think of repercussions

As your tap dance through your life

Bop

Though you smile like you're a hero

You're an outlaw through and through

But the odds are in my favor man

And one day I'll catch you

So go sneak into a movie

Run a red light sell some pot

Doo-wop doo-wop

It's all the same to me

You're either guilty or your not

Doo-wop doo-wop wow

If we all did what we wanted

Every time we felt the urge

The world would be in total chaos

It's already on the verge

Bop

Yes it's laws that keep us human

'Cause without them we're just mules

And The game ain't worth winning

The game ain't worth winning

The game ain't worth winning

If you're breaking all the rules

Don't break the rules

Or else we're living in the wild wild west

Don't break the rules

God's keeping score

And you don't wanna fail that test

Don't break the rules