Name: Exception to the Rule
Duration: P00H03M24S
Description: Here’s an ersatz soul number called “Exception to the Rule.” Chris Anzalone on drums, Jim Haggerty on bass. Peter Moore provided the horn and string arrangement.

Exception to the Rule

by Nat Freedberg

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Here’s an ersatz soul number called “Exception to the Rule.” Chris Anzalone on drums, Jim Haggerty on bass. Peter Moore provided the horn and string arrangement.

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Exception to the Rule

People are so damn evil, they’re just out to do each other wrong
Nobody tries to help each other, they don’t even try to get along
They smile to see you strugglin’ and they laugh when you’re in pain
And if you’re looking for human kindness, you can look but it will be in vain
But you’re the exception to the rule
You’re good instead of evil
And you’re kind instead of cruel
You’re the exception to the rule
Everybody else is bad except for you

Well I watched the little children play, so young and innocent
But they began to grow and before you know there was a change that they underwent
Well they learned to hurt each other and to break the golden rule
Learned to hate their sisters and brothers in the playground right at school
But you’re the exception to the rule
You’re good instead of evil
And you’re kind instead of cruel
You’re the exception to the rule
Everybody else is bad except for you

99 out of 100 times a girl is gonna break your heart
They’ll put you down and they’ll make you cry
But you were different baby, right from the start

Well some people think a change will come, and this world will be a better place
And we’ll all learn to live as one, no matter what our creed or race
But everybody’s gonna want to get their share when that day finally comes around
And they’ll push and shove to be first in line and they’ll put each other down
But you’re the exception to the rule…

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released March 2, 2021

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