Queensberry Rules

from Rebel's Revenge Single by Jack Flash

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lyrics

Head west they say better work better pay
I've been chasing these rails filled with venom
I'm leaving today, copper said i couldn't say
Crows will have to wait, I wont go back to Moreton Bay
You better play by Queensberry rules when Sunday comes around
To hell with Queensberry rules in old Brisbane town

These streets are no place for fighting said the copper with exact timing
The fight was set for Sunday the news travelled like lightning
Sunday morn I wish the sun didn't rise, Steven's was a man with hate in his eyes
He cut a shearer to ribbons for a slant on his size

You better play by Queensberry rules when Sunday comes around
To hell with Queensberry rules in old Brisbane town

Rumor had spread about the stock yard brawl, desperate's were climbing over the walls
Vinegar soaked hands and a warrior's code boxed in this sandy earth with nowhere to go
Stevens hit me with a smashing blow on the nose, as my lip swelled up the crowd rose
Half blinded blood running down my chest what I did next was a warning to my foes

You better play by Queensberry rules when Sunday comes around
to hell with Queensberry rules in old Brisbane town

I didn't play by Queensberry rules, I couldn't play by Queensberry rules,
To hell with Queensberry rules in old Brisbane town
Don't come no more to Brisbane if you'd like to stay alive,
You keep your rules and society i'll keep my pride

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from Rebel's Revenge Single, track released January 1, 2011

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