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i Before e Except After c

from EmoEcoEcono Stream by Mr. Boozewah

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i Before e Except after c - the Irony of a rule that has more exceptions than not. Compares to reality
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i Before e Except After c by Thomas J. Carrig
D
O It’s i before e except after c
D
It’s a rule for English words like society
G
There’s exceptions to the rules
D
There’s exceptions to the rules

It doesn’t work for science or our Deity
It’s like looking at Poseidon or the Pleiades
Everything has a rule
Everything has a rule

A
The rules of the English language
G
Are just preparing us for our laws
A
With so many accepted exceptions
G
That don’t make any sense at all
D
It’s a giant free for all

C
Well, we go to school to learn the rules and figure out creation
We learn to spell, decipher well, and make our preparation
Rules of order, rules of writing, rules of litigation
The boundaries and histories, learning form and limitation
F C
Oh the rules, so many are real jewels
F C D G
Yeah the rules, that’s why we have the schools
D
Oh, it’s I before Thee in the money search
And It’s You before Me when we go to church
Love your neighbor as yourself is in all of religion 
It’s a basis for democracy and a landmark of decisions
G D
Oh the rules ‘There’s’ protection in the rules
G D
Yeah the rules, the Golden Rule

A
The rules of the English language
G
Are just preparing us for our laws
A
With so many accepted exceptions
G
That don’t make any sense at all
D
It’s a giant free for all


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from EmoEcoEcono Stream, released March 3, 2015

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