By The Rule-Mick Flannery

[ti:By The Rule] [ar:Mick Flannery] [al:By The Rule] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]By The Rule - Mick Flannery [00:15.90]The man who lived to live alone [00:20.62] [00:22.32]His heart he ruled to know but one [00:26.54] [00:28.54]His name was none he took no ground [00:34.06] [00:34.82]He came and went without a sound [00:39.34] [00:41.10]One day the man did sing a song [00:45.28] [00:46.82]Then stood and wait for her to come [00:51.23] [00:53.13]For years they sang but he would not know [00:57.31] [00:59.21]From some he took and then let go [01:04.61] [01:05.52]One day our lady did divine [01:10.94] [01:12.17]To move the air most true and fine [01:17.13] [01:18.72]He drew but found his voice had gone [01:23.17] [01:24.97]Dear God he thought I've stood too long [01:29.39] [01:31.10]The crimes the crimes of the fool against the fool [01:39.76] [01:40.55]The cries the cries of the man who lived by the rule [01:49.09] [01:50.49]To die by the rule [01:52.38] [01:54.57]You offered everything to me [01:59.10] [02:01.23]I took you know I took for free [02:05.32] [02:07.38]The morning broke and flood in blue [02:12.24] [02:13.59]I knew before the day was through [02:18.17] [02:19.80]I'd tear into the heart of you [02:24.14] [02:25.89]I tore into the heart of you [02:30.49] [02:32.29]A pair a pair of young lives becomes a love [02:40.64] [02:41.78]And there there they've won [02:46.59] [02:47.73]Oh how is it done [02:49.99] [02:50.80]How is it done [02:53.20] [02:55.79]I wait to look into your eyes [03:00.20] [03:02.02]I wait for you to look at mine [03:06.84] [03:08.20]My love oh love I long to see [03:12.84] [03:14.38]I'll offer all I have to thee [03:19.20] [03:20.85]And you'll tear into the heart of me [03:25.34] [03:27.29]You'll tear into the heart of me