Name: Playin' By Their Rules
Duration: P00H02M32S
Description: What's really up?

Playin' By Their Rules

from Mirror Box by Broomsticks & Hammers

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Playin’ By Their Rules

The ripples on the surface
Roll away to the shore
The current that was pullin”
Is now pushin’ you back for more
You’re worried and you’re wrested
You’re looking for the next score
But when the well dries up and it turns to dust
You’ll be who their lookin’ for

They love you in the morning
They love you in the evening too
And they love you just as long as you keep on
Playin’ by their rules

Imperialistic oligarchy
Family run countries
Planes are flying in chemical skies
And where are all the bees?

What happened when you sold your soul?
There’s nothing left to bargain for
And they love a tool that they can use
To keep you playin’ by their rules

Wake up you’ve all become slaves
On the plantation USA
And they love a fool that they can use
To keep you playin” by their rules

They love you in the morning
They love you in the evening too
And they love you just as long as you keep on
Playin’ by their rules

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from Mirror Box, released May 12, 2017
Recorded at The Sugar Shack winter 2016
Produced by Simon Larochette and B&H

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Broomsticks & Hammers London, Ontario

Experience has taught the members of Broomsticks & Hammers a thing or two: that family is forever, and a great song will last for generations.

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discography

Saturnalia

Dec 2023
Mirror Box

May 2017
Postcard

Oct 2015

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