[Verse]
My head is like an unblocked drain
My head is full of brains
My instincts are to kiss this train
I hear it coming

You're conscience says "mind how you go"
Your ulcer still says no
Your morals ebb, your morals flow
Your mouth is running

[Chorus]
The normal rules do not apply
And mine is not to reason why
Gone, gone, gone

[Verse]
My arms are like two shipyard cranes
That may not work again
My fortunes wax, my fortunes wane
My senses sunder

A cup would cheer the cheerless heart
The path I dare not chart
I look askance, not quite the part
Someone has blundered
[Chorus]
The normal rules do not apply
And mine is not to reason why
Gone, gone, gone

[Verse]
To all this scoundrel scheme of things
To all the pain it brings
To all those who pull the strings
I said good riddance

So pass the time to coin a phrase
I'll mint a million ways
To counterfeit my salad days
And split the difference

[Outro]
The normal rules do not apply
And mine is not to reason why
The normal rules do not apply
And mine is not to reason why
Gone, gone, gone