Don't Break The Rules

Catch Me If You Can: the Musical

Song: Don't Break the Rules

Hanratty were you always like this?

I think I was born this way.

Other kids wanted to play cops and robbers, I only wanted to play cops.

It starts very early once the baby toys are gone

a kid on the playground has to chose What side he's on

it's the bullies or the good guys

Boy there aint 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 aint 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 though 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

Though I never snuck a drink I never stole a pack of cools

Cause the game aint worth winning if you\'re breaking all the rules

Don't break the rules

Or else we're livin in the wild wild west

Don't break the rules

Gods keeping score you don't want to fail that test

Don't break the rules

You thumb your nose right at the light for which I strive

But those rules those laws keep us alive

Well it started back with Moses when he led around the Jews

And climed way up that mountain to pick up Gods daily news

He schlepped up Mt. Sinai I cried And begged on their behalf

He almost dropped those tablets when he saw that golden calf

Now we teach the ten commandments

Every Sunday in our schools

Cause the game aint worth winning if your breaking all the rules

I guess the constitution boys to sum is too complex

They think our founding fathers fought so they can forge some checks

They see themselves as robin hood stealing from the rich

Paying back the things they take well payback is a *****

Cause the world aint Sherwood Forest

You can’t give away those jewels

And the game aint worth winning if your breaking all the rules

Don’t break the rules don't break the rules

Or else we're livin in the wild wild west

Don't break the rules

Gods keeping score you don't want to fail that test

Don't break the rules

You thumb your nose right at the light for which I strive

But those rules those laws keep us alive

When you steal somebody’s money

Screw his daughter or his wife

You don't think of repercussions

As you tap dance through your life

Though you smile like you’re a hero

Your an outlet through and through

But the odds are in my favor man

And one day I'll catch you

So don't sneak into a movie

Or the red light to sell some pot

It's all the same to me

You're either guilty or you’re not

You're the only one we wanted

If every time we failed the earth

The world would be total chaos

It's already on the verge

Yes its laws that keep us human

Cause without them winners lose

And the game aint worth winning

The game aint worth winning

The game aint worth winning

If we're breaking all the rules

Don't break the rules

or else we're livin in the wild wild west

Don't break the rules

Gods keeping score you don't want to fail that test

Don't break the rules

you thumb your nose right at the light for which

I strive but those rules

those laws

those rules

those laws

those rules

those laws

keep us alive