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Bendin' the Rules
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Rock
Bendin' the Rules was released on October 10, 1995 by Polydor as a part of the album River Songs
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Release DateOctober 10, 1995
LabelPolydor
LanguageTurkish
Melodicness
Acousticness
Valence
Danceability
Energy
BPM

Credits

PERFORMING ARTISTS
The Badlees
The Badlees
Performer
COMPOSITION & LYRICS
George Alexander
George Alexander
Songwriter
Jeffrey Feltenberger
Jeffrey Feltenberger
Songwriter
Mike Naydock
Mike Naydock
Songwriter
Pete Palladino
Pete Palladino
Songwriter
Terry Selders
Terry Selders
Songwriter
Ronald Simasek
Ronald Simasek
Songwriter
PRODUCTION & ENGINEERING
The Badlees
The Badlees
Producer

Lyrics

Pity my brother
For how he's suffered me
Through nameless towns
And cold prairie
For restless women
At the end of the line
Who tendered checks for
A promise divine
Cash as quick as "Vegas"
Like "Vegas" in a dream
I work this charismatic ruse
For my brother's peace and being
Sittin' tight in Moline
The money on the bed
With every memory sharp to me
And the fear of times ahead
(Chorus)
Maybe the good book
Came from the divine
Or maybe it was written
Just to keep us in line
The mistakes of the sages
Make the rules for the fools
So father forgive me
For bendin' the rules....
Well, mister he improved some
With the money I scammed
Some days his light shines as bright
As the light of the promised land
Death was often something
We freely would discuss
When he was ten and I was twelve
And the spectre would often brush
In and out of treatments
Since twenty months of age
At eighteen the insurance
No longer would maintain
And my old man in the kitchen
His hands upon his face
Did weep to shake his very soul
In the darkness of this place
(Chorus)
Hold me saint Christopher
Over every county line
Overlook my blasphemy
For the sake of buying time
Grant him days of laughter
Bestow me clemency
He sleeps soft in the back seat
His freedom from ordeal
To every ruddy youngster
Off free in summer's fields
And every young lass poised to claim
Her share of what love yields
To all the grieving angels
And the litany of saints
I am my brother's keeper
To what end decides the fates
(Chorus)
Written by: George Alexander, Jeffrey Feltenberger, Mike Naydock, Pete Palladino, Ronald Simasek, Terry Selders
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