Twisted by rules

If you can keep rour shares
while others are losing theirs
and blame it on you
If you can trust yourself when others doubt you
don't deal in lies too.
If you can bear to hear the untruth they've spoken
don't give it all up to be broken
But to build in desperate action with worn-out tools
when men twisted your rules

If you can force apart
your nerves and heart
to serve your purpose strong
If you can make a heap of all winnings steep
and risk the law for loss
If you split the hour and use each mintue
earth is yours with all htat's in it
But to build in desperate action with worn-out tools
when men twisted your rules

Let this trade not be the rarest one
Let this trade
be sight to see
We tie and take it up on high
we'd like to waft it oversea.

But if you compare this presence with arrogance and fancy paint
I'm remembering a small room living single like a plaster saint
But when we're going mad a bit it's ten times better
than a parade in full kit
Cos we aren't heroes, ain't bloomin' fools too
you bet that we can clearly see
Most remarkably like you (x4)

To stroll and stray and hear this music every day
than stay to connect this metal in every way
The slab of iron has a respectable edge that glides
observe all you write don't swerve in your highest flight

They twist our rules our worn-out tools,
we stroll and stray incessantly every day