Words and Music by Rick Nielsen

We had a special way of talkin'

Oh, a language all our own

We always knew the latest dances

But we liked old-fashioned love

Now something seems the matter



You don't want to play by the rules

(You don't want to play by the rules)

I don't want to love here anymore

(I don't want to love here anymore)

You don't want to play by the rules

(You don't want to play by the rules)



I don't have a lot of patience

When someone's lit my fuse

So don't you try to reason

Me, I don't want no excuse, no!



You don't want to play by the rules

(You don't want to play by the rules)

I don't want to love here anymore

(I don't want to love here anymore)

You don't want to play by the rules

(You don't want to play by the rules)



You (You)

Don't (don't)

Play (play)

By the rules

I (I)

won't (don't)

Love here anymore



You don't want to play by the rules

(You don't want to play by the rules)

'Cause I don't want to love here anymore

(I don't want to love here anymore)