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Artist: The Band
Canonical path: /band-the/breakin-the-rules
Related lyric paths: 6
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Breakin The Rules
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Breakin The Rules
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I tried to reach you
On valentine's day
But how can i reach you
When you're so far away
Don't make me a victim
Don't make me the clown
With my arms reaching out
And my head hanging down
Chorus:
We can't go on
Touching the flame
Breakin the rules
Of the game
I bring you this cross
I carved out of wood
I'm just trying to tell you
That i'd change if i could
Grew up on the west side
Never even been to the east side
Don't know what they do with their lives
Over there - over there
We can't go on
Hiding the pain
Breakin the rules
Of the game
We can't go on
Living in shame
Breakin the rules
Of the game
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