I am a man of principles
I am a man of my word
Come gather round and listen to the things you’ve never heard
Come look at all my principles
I’ll defend them to the end
But if circumstances change again, I’ll gladly make them bend
You can do a lot with principles
You can wear them on your sleeve
You can raise them up the flag pole as the enemy army leaves
Come choose among my principles
They tend to come and go
Just why that tends to happen wasn’t meant for me to know
I live a life of principles
And try to take a stand
A solid one on water and a looser one on land.
You shouldn’t sell your principles
Or calculate their cost
Unless, of course, there’s no way out and you are really lost.
The world is full of principles
We use them every day
They shape the things we do and make us say the things we say.
There is no end of principles
That we can choose to try
The prospects are enormous and the limit is the sky.
I think I’ll take my principles
And use them at my whim
I’ll take them for a walk and then I’ll take them for a swim.
I’ll exercise my principles
In every way and means
And look the other way when someone says I’m full of beans
I always have my principles
To guide me through the night
When life is full of darkness there is always room for light.
I am a man of principles
That guide me through my test
And if the ones I have don’t work I’ll have to try the rest.