Twisted by Rules

If you can keep rour shares

while others are losing theirs

and blame it on you

If you can trust yourself when others doubt you

don't deal in lies too.

If you can bear to hear the untruth they've spoken

don't give it all up to be broken

But to build in desperate action with worn-out tools

when men twisted your rules

If you can force apart

your nerves and heart

to serve your purpose strong

If you can make a heap of all winnings steep

and risk the law for loss

If you split the hour and use each mintue

earth is yours with all htat's in it

But to build in desperate action with worn-out tools

when men twisted your rules

Let this trade not be the rarest one

Let this trade

be sight to see

We tie and take it up on high

we'd like to waft it oversea.

But if you compare this presence with arrogance and fancy paint

I'm remembering a small room living single like a plaster saint

But when we're going mad a bit it's ten times better

than a parade in full kit

Cos we aren't heroes, ain't bloomin' fools too

you bet that we can clearly see

Most remarkably like you (x4)

To stroll and stray and hear this music every day

than stay to connect this metal in every way

The slab of iron has a respectable edge that glides

observe all you write don't swerve in your highest flight

They twist our rules our worn-out tools,

we stroll and stray incessantly every day