My Own Rules

Ever get the feeling they don't care?

Ever get the feeling they don't share

Much of what is dear to you?

It's taken me a while to find out

What life's all about

It's a different affair

Well you can't pretend to know

It's not up there on show

I'm not a poor man, I'm not destitute

I have my own plans, that's my pursuit

I'm unbroken by a set of rules

I'm not guided by a bunch of fools

I'm not a sad clown on a trampoline

I've got my own ground and my own cuisine

I'm not a deadbeat in a halfway house

I've got my own rules

Following a line that's incomplete

Doesn't mean I have to lose the beat

When I write a verse or two

When I feel a groove coming on

I've almost got another song

With a new refrain

So don't dictate to me

What I ought to be

I'm not a poor man, I'm not destitute

I have my own plans, that's my pursuit

I'm unbroken by a set of rules

I'm not guided by a bunch of fools

I'm not a sad clown on a trampoline

I've got my own ground and my own cuisine

I'm not a deadbeat in a halfway house

I've got my own rules

I know what's going down

I seek the higher ground

I'm not a poor man, I'm not destitute

I have my own plans, that's my pursuit

I'm unbroken by a set of rules

I'm not guided by a bunch of fools

I'm not a sad clown on a trampoline

I've got my own ground and my own cuisine

I'm not a deadbeat in a halfway house

I've got my own rules

Sad clown on a trampoline

I've got my own ground and my own cuisine

I'm not a deadbeat in a halfway house

I've got my own rules