By the Book — текст песни (Michael Penn)

Always been horseblinded
Could never see
Past the two shades on the periphery
I ask you for mercy
And beg clemency
But something I`m feeling is sticking with me

When you`re all alone
And I am not around
I know that you think me
As cold as the ground
I don`t play accordion, we disagree
But something I`m thinking is sticking with me

If this ain`t by the book then the book must be wrong
And maybe it is what you hoped all along
Now you didn`t think I would go quietly
When something about you is sticking with me

This person I`ve been wasn`t me I surmise
You know me too well
You`d see through a disguise
Someone must have cloned a facsimile
And it bears repeating "sticking with me"

They`re cutting the bull
And they`re drinking its blood
Show me a patriot
Show me a scud
And that`s about all I can get from TV
and there`s still this feeling sticking with me

If this ain`t by the book then the book must be wrong
Can`t we sleep in
You can wake me at dawn
We`ll start us a regular royal dynasty
So long as you are only sticking with me