I got home last night at ten past two
My folks turned blue
Their tempers flew
I've got to be in bed by quarter to ten
There go those rules again
Too many rules, too many rules
Folks are just fools makin'
Too many rules
I pray to stars above
I haven't lost your love
'Cause there are too many rules
When you call me on the telephone
It's not my own
They've made it known
So you must call me only now and then
There go those rules again
Too many rules, too many rules
Folks are just fools makin'
Too many rules
I pray to stars above
I haven't lost your love
'Cause there are too many rules
My kid brother's always on my trail
I can't escape that tattle-tale
I hope you understand
What I'm goin' through
I don't know what to do
Too many rules, too many rules
Folks are just fools makin'
Too many rules
I pray to stars above
I haven't lost your love
'Cause there are too many rules
'Cause there are too many rules