The 130th Annual Varsity Show - Follow By The Book Lyrics

To be president of a university might appear an awful chore
To manage suffocating students might appear a beastly bore
But each presidential problem has an elegant solution
Let me elaborate my meaning with presidential elocution

Life's a cheeky peach when you live by the book
When I don't know what to do all I have to do is look
Inheriting a legacy is quite a bit of fun
Preserving status quo and protecting number one

I follow by the book wherever it may lead
Precedent and president are very tied indeed
Following the path that my predecessors plotted
Keep the train on track and make sure the eyes are dotted

Follow by the book wherever it may take you
Follow by the book when you make a mistake you
Get an opportunity to read the book again
Nothing ever changes how we start is how we end

I enjoy to take the path of least resistance
I influence the present with the past's assistance

So if your chops for leadership are ever made suspect

I follow by the book and deflect deflect deflect
Follow by the book wherever it may take you
Follow by the book when you make a mistake you
Get an opportunity to read the book again
Nothing ever changes how we start is how we end

Follow by the book follow like a duckling
Follow by the book if your knees are buckling
Crack a spine and straighten yours they buckle but don't bend
Nothing ever changes how we start is how we end

Follow by the book (follow by the book)
Follow by the book (follow by the book)
Follow by the book until you follow it again
Nothing ever changes how we start is how we end

President shafik what's wrong?

I cannot add my chapter until my term is done
I cannot have opinions until my race is fully run
I have to trust my fathers my papas through and through
And trust their faithful words will tell me what to do

Life's a cheeky peach when you live by the book
What happens if they fire you?
They can't give me the hook!
Inheriting a legacy is quite a bit of fun
A collegiate presidency is better than none

Use this nifty guide
It's guidance you must heed
Oil rigs!
Admissions rates!
Apathetic greed
Following the path that your predecessors plotted
Hillary I'm glad to hear that you have finally got it

Follow by the book
Like you would your heart dear
Follow by the book
That's a cheery start dear

Welcome to a book club that's my favorite to attend
Nothing ever changes how we start is how we end

Follow by the book (tap)
Follow by the book (tap)

Nothing ever (nothing ever) changes
How we start is how we end

The baroness takes rook

When she follows by the book!