Donovan - Rules And Regulations

Is it a boy or is it a girl?
Takes all kinds to make our world go round
The army life ought to be a stipulation
A-that's the proper education
Twenty-five years probation
And give 'em a double 'elping of

The rules and regulations (sing it up boys!)
Rules and regulations
The rules and regulations

Now, live your own life, I'll tell you for why
You're gonna be around when they all die off
The future life ought to be a weight off your shoulders
You'll feel a little bit bolder
And in the photograph folder
A-there will be faded pictures of

The rules and regulations
Rules and regulations
Rules and regulations

Is it a boy, Emily, or is that a girl?

Takes all kinds to make our world go round
The army life ought to be a stipulation
A-that's the proper education
Twenty-five years probation
And give 'em a double 'elping of

The rules and regulations (sing it up boys!)
Rules and regulations
The rules and regulations
The rules and regulations