House Rules

from Amps On by Porvari

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House Rules (Sam Whimpenny)

Begins with a “f”
And ends in a “y”
It’s got an “e” a “d” an “l” a “t” and two “i”s
The root of all heartbreak
The cause of all hell
The chance of a lifetime
Goes down at the bell

I’m in love with two women

I’m in love with two women
I can’t be the first
In my head and my heart
I can’t quench the thirst
I could tell you tomorrow
I could tell you today

But I’m never gonna tell you
At least not this way

It ain’t gradually fading
As these things sometimes do
It’s getting so big
I can’t think of anything but you two
My mind is wide open
I can’t see an end
You’re both my lovers
But you’re both still my friends
I can’t be the first
In my head and my heart
I can’t quench the thirst
I could tell you tomorrow
I could tell you today
But I’m never gonna tell you
At least not this way

One love is always there
To her needs I can tend
One love is lonely
I only see her now and again
One love is stable
One love is sure
One is so beautiful
There can’t be a cure

I’m in love with two women
I can’t be the first
In my head and my heart
I can’t quench the thirst
I could tell you tomorrow
I could tell you today
But I’m never gonna tell you
At least not this way

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from Amps On, released June 18, 2010
Written by Sam Whimpenny, arranged by Porvari

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Friends for more than 30 years and musical collaborators for over a decade, Porvari are founded on Sam Whimpenny's infinitely varied lyrically rich and melodically diverse songs enhanced by Simon Meader's guitar, mandolin and synths plus B.L. Underwood's encyclopaedic understanding of the recording process & occasional epic guitar solo. ... more

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