Cardinal Rule                                                             
by Travis Atkinson
(c) 2005

 Steven, my buddy, my old best friend
We sang together in our 2-man band
We were inseparable since high school
Until you went and broke the cardinal rule
 
You knew just how much I loved Gina
There was nothing that would come between us
We broke up, and you know I was pissed
And finding out you slept with her just sent me to the therapist
(I wanna cut my wrists and hang myself)
 
     Damn Steven
     You broke the cardinal rule
     Don’t ever touch your best friend’s girl
     Even if they broke up, even if it’s been 15 months
     It’s still way uncool
     To break the cardinal rule
 
Gina my lover, my former lover
I thought there’d never be another
We were inseparable since high school
Until we broke up and you broke the cardinal rule
 
You knew that Steven and I were so tight
There’s only one way we could get in a fight
So you stepped on my heart, threw it on the floor
You screwed Steven, and screwing best friends makes you a whore
 
     Damn Gina
     You broke the cardinal decree
     Don’t do my best friend after you did me
     It’s giving me a complex, that you and him have had sex
     Oh girl can’t you see
     You broke the cardinal decree

Hey Gina I looked up your best friend Sarah last week
She’s still a little cuter cause she doesn’t have those warts on her feet
Hey Steven if I’m not mistaken
Sarah used to be the girl you were datin’

As a matter of fact I think you’d call her your “ex”
Well Steve and Gina FYI, me and Sarah had sex
Yeah we just had sex 

     Damn Steven
     I broke the cardinal rule
     But it’s ok because you did it too
     An eye for an eye, and a tooth for a tooth
     You sneaky bastard, you banged my ex, so I had to bang yours too
 
     Damn Gina
     I broke the cardinal decree
     Every worst fear that you had about me
     I hooked up with your best friend, but you did it first you see
     Payback’s a bitch, but so are you and Steve