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To Defy the Laws of Tradition Lyrics
[Intro]
[Verse 1]
What if Christmas didn't come this year
And no one paid for Christmas cheer?
Who would cry the biggest tear
The child or the store?
[Verse 2]
Why do brides wear virgin white?
Most do not deserve that right
But to choose a color of their delight
Would surely bring on the frowns
[Chorus]
To defy the laws of tradition
Is a crusade only of the brave
To defy the laws of tradition
Is a crusade only of the brave, yeah
[Instrumental Break]
[Guitar Solo]
[Verse 3]
Suppose the taxman, he comes to town
And you don't lay your money down
Yet Mr. Jones he killed Mr. Brown the other day
Well I wonder, who's gonna go to hell
[Verse 1]
What if Christmas didn't come this year
And no one paid for Christmas cheer?
Who would cry the biggest tear
The child or the store?
[Verse 2]
Why do brides wear virgin white?
Most do not deserve that right
But to choose a color of their delight
Would surely bring on the frowns
[Chorus]
To defy the laws of tradition
Is a crusade only of the brave
To defy the laws of tradition
Is a crusade only of the brave, yeah
[Instrumental Break]
[Guitar Solo]
[Verse 3]
Suppose the taxman, he comes to town
And you don't lay your money down
Yet Mr. Jones he killed Mr. Brown the other day
Well I wonder, who's gonna go to hell
[Verse 4]
Oh, I'm just a bill
And I'm only a bill
And I'm sitting here on Capitol Hill
And I hope to be a law someday
[Chorus]
To defy the laws of tradition
Is a crusade only of the brave
To defy the laws of tradition
Is a crusade only of the brave
To defy the laws of tradition
Is a crusade only of the brave
To defy the laws of tradition
Is a crusade only of the brave
Oh, I'm just a bill
And I'm only a bill
And I'm sitting here on Capitol Hill
And I hope to be a law someday
[Chorus]
To defy the laws of tradition
Is a crusade only of the brave
To defy the laws of tradition
Is a crusade only of the brave
To defy the laws of tradition
Is a crusade only of the brave
To defy the laws of tradition
Is a crusade only of the brave
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Claypool starts the Frizzle Fry album by calling out society for its rigidity around tradition. Even if hypocritical, mentioned in the song as a bride wearing virgin white despite not representing it, society still pressures tradition.
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Release Date
February 7, 1990
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