[Chorus]

Why do you bend the rules?

You know they don't apply to you

Why do you try to be cool?

You know it doesn't suit you

Why do you stand in the rain?

You know it's gonna rain on you

Why do you bend the rules?

You know they don't apply to you

[Verse 1]

You hang around like a cocker spaniel on the ground

You've been low, you've been lonely in the evening, now you're 23

You feel the room with a catastrophic sense of gloom

Don't you know that we need you, don't you know that

[Chorus]

Why do you bend the rules?

You know they don't apply to you

Why do you try to be cool?

You know it doesn't suit you

Why do you stand in the rain?

You know it's gonna rain on you

Why do you bend the rules?

You know they don't apply to you

[Verse 2]

I saw your car, everybody's asking where you are

I don't know what to tell them, I don't know what you want me to say

You know my views, I would never turn away from you

You can hide if you need to, if you need to

[Bridge]

You can hide if you need to

You can hide

You can hide if you need to

You can hide

You can hide if you need to

[Chorus]

Why do you bend the rules?

You know they don't apply to you

Why do you try to be cool?

You know it doesn't suit you

Why do you stand in the rain?

You know it's gonna rain on you

Why do you bend the rules?

You know they don't apply to you

[Outro]

Why do you always have to bend the rules?

I know you know they don't apply to you

(You know, you know, you know)

Why do you always have to bend the rules?

I know you know they don't apply to you