Rules, Regulations and Respect

Blessed are we who toil and labor
Strive to bear the weight
Blessed are we who heed the calling
Reaching out to ed-u-cate!
Praise the r’s of education
Rules, regulations, and respect!
Words on which we built our nation
Rules, regulations, and respect!
Reading, 'riting, 'rithmetic
Rote and rhyme and rhetoric
Help in life but they don’t stick like
Rules, regulations, and respect!
Snap to it, toffee
Shout it loud so they can hear ya
Rules, regulations, and respect!
Preach it in the cafeter’a
Rules, regulations and respect!
When the kid goes off the track
When that hoodlum sasses back
Let the sound and fury crack with
Rules, regulations, and respect!
Let’s define the roles we get to play;
I set the rules
And you obey!
Day to day the boss is you-know-who
So do what you’re told
When you’re told what to do!
Lead your forces into battle!
Rules, regulations and respect!
Praise the lord and seize the paddle!
Rules, regulations and respect!
Wield the sword to teach the pen
Sculpt the model citizen
Just employ this regimen of
Rules, regulations and respect!
Ev’ry soul from a to z…
From k through 12 to phd
Is shaped by this philosophy
The watchwords of conformity
Teach 'em well
Spread the news
By any means
You have to use
Sound off!
One, two!
Red, white, blue
And halleloo!
There’s no writing on the lockers
There’s no smoking in the restrooms
There’s no cursing in the classroom
There’s no running in the hall
There’s no spitting in the bandroom
There’s no fighting in the office
There’s no groping on the playground
Praise those rules
Regulations
And respect!
There’s no spitting!
There’s no fighting!
No more groping!
There’s no breaking rules at all!
From the arctic cap to roma…
Rules, regulations and respect!
…what's the seed of each diploma?
Rules, regulations and respect!
How are decent people made?
What deserves the accolade?
Nothing helps you make the grade like
Rules, regulations and respect!
Nothing helps you make the grade like
Rules, regulations and re…
…spect!
Ow! Let me hear those rules!
Let me hear those rules and regulations!
What earns the accolade?
Nothing helps you make the grade like
Aah! Aah!
How I love those rules
And regulations!
How I love those rules
And regulations!
How I love those rules
And regulations!
Rules, regulations and re --
Rules, regulations and respect!