By The Book lyrics

Always been horseblinded

Could never see

Past the two shades on the periphery

I ask you for mercy

And beg clemency

But something I`m feeling is sticking with me



When you`re all alone

And I am not around

I know that you think me

As cold as the ground

I don`t play accordion, we disagree

But something I`m thinking is sticking with me



If this ain`t by the book then the book must be wrong

And maybe it is what you hoped all along

Now you didn`t think I would go quietly

When something about you is sticking with me



This person I`ve been wasn`t me I surmise

You know me too well

You`d see through a disguise

Someone must have cloned a facsimile

And it bears repeating "sticking with me"



They`re cutting the bull

And they`re drinking its blood

Show me a patriot

Show me a scud

And that`s about all I can get from TV

and there`s still this feeling sticking with me



If this ain`t by the book then the book must be wrong

Can`t we sleep in

You can wake me at dawn

We`ll start us a regular royal dynasty

So long as you are only sticking with me
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