Down On Your Knees, Legalese

Rules and regulations bring economic strangulation Policies and procedures serve the whims of weak leaders Statutes and ordinances pave the road to subordinance Hypotheses and theories render creativity weary Laws and by-laws stick fast in your craw Custom and tradition tie the hands of ambition Axioms and corollaries, originality bury Torts and contracts recall long-dead artifacts Plea bargaining, eminent domain, the statute of limitations Reek of appeasement and Machiavellian machination Give me a world without all the perverse legalese A world of brave men, who dare do as they please