New Rules Of Conversation

New Rules Of Conversation - The Weather Machines

Don't you get along with others

An epithet that killed your brother

Because the new rules of conversation

Don't cross your mind

And all the time you thought it senseless

You had to mend your own defenses

Because the new rules of conversation

Don't suit your style

You moved your lips and got off easy

With promises you thought of keeping

Because the new rules of conversation

Can't outsmart your mouth

You tried to stick with good intentions

Invented ways to circumvent them

Because the new rules of conversation

Can't cross your heart