Within the Rules
Do we live a life of freedom?
Can we do just as we please?
Can we carry on regardless?
Can we live a life of ease?
Population’s on the increase
Nations follow different modes
We are bounded by restrictions
Regulations rules and codes
Convention keeps us wearing clothes
Perhaps of skimpy kind
Soldiers, sailors, airmen too
Have to dress with rules in mind
Travel brings more rules in motion
Here it’s on the left hand side
Keep within the regulations
Or you’re for a rocky ride!
How you treasure your possessions
Sentimental or of worth
Burglars who break in to steal them
Often find a different berth
Crossing roads can be a hazard
Keep note of the Highway Code
The green man may be long in flashing
To help you safely cross the road
There are those who do the ruling
Set the standards make the laws
Is application universal?
Recently we see the flaws
The saying is that Power Corrupts
And seemingly it’s true
So politicians making rulings
Every one applies to you.
Can we do just as we please?
Can we carry on regardless?
Can we live a life of ease?
Population’s on the increase
Nations follow different modes
We are bounded by restrictions
Regulations rules and codes
Convention keeps us wearing clothes
Perhaps of skimpy kind
Soldiers, sailors, airmen too
Have to dress with rules in mind
Travel brings more rules in motion
Here it’s on the left hand side
Keep within the regulations
Or you’re for a rocky ride!
How you treasure your possessions
Sentimental or of worth
Burglars who break in to steal them
Often find a different berth
Crossing roads can be a hazard
Keep note of the Highway Code
The green man may be long in flashing
To help you safely cross the road
There are those who do the ruling
Set the standards make the laws
Is application universal?
Recently we see the flaws
The saying is that Power Corrupts
And seemingly it’s true
So politicians making rulings
Every one applies to you.