[Verse 1: J-rock female lead, huge belted chest voice, fast hard drums] Thirty years ago in Osaka they would cross the street for me Long skirt to my ankles and a bike I fixed for free Every teacher kept a file on me an inch thick on the shelf Every fight behind the station, I was there and I was myself Now I wear a gray suit and I run the whole high school Every mornin' at the front I check your hair and check the rules Late tonight across the ball field, I can hear the chain-link shake Three girls climbin' with guitar cases, and they're wide awake [Pre-Chorus: J-rock female lead, belted, heavy bass] Flashlight on, they freeze like statues on the wire Waitin' for their parents' names, waitin' for the fire [Chorus: J-rock female lead, huge belted J-rock chest voice, racing lead guitar] I wrote the rules you're breakin' Every single one I climbed that fence before you, girls I know how it's done I wrote the rules you're breakin' Now go and break 'em loud [Verse 2: J-rock female lead, faster, racing lead guitar] Back in my day it was a basement and a band nobody knew And a principal in glasses with a flashlight just like you She could have called my mother, she could have thrown me out of school But she signed a yellow paper and she said, be home by two So I pull a pen out of my jacket and a pad of yellow slips Write three passes out for midnight and I watch 'em bite their lips One says, Sensei, are you kidding? One is cryin', one just stares And I tell 'em, play it fast and loud, and don't you dare take the stairs [Pre-Chorus: J-rock female lead, belted, heavy bass] Flashlight on, they freeze like statues on the wire Waitin' for their parents' names, waitin' for the fire [Chorus: J-rock female lead, huge belted J-rock chest voice, racing lead guitar] I wrote the rules you're breakin' Every single one I climbed that fence before you, girls I know how it's done I wrote the rules you're breakin' Now go and break 'em loud [Bridge: J-rock female lead, tapping lick, fast hard drums] Monday mornin' at assembly I'll be stern and I'll be gray Monday mornin' I'll say rules are rules and rules are here to stay But tonight I'm in the back row of the basement with the crowd With my long skirt from the closet, singin' every word out loud [Final Chorus: J-rock female lead, huge belted J-rock chest voice, racing lead guitar] I wrote the rules you're breakin' Every single one I climbed that fence before you, girls I know how it's done I wrote the rules you're breakin' Now go and break 'em loud [End]
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