standing in one's shoes

beyond the wall there are no other laws
the grass is just as dry and just as old
we have no inkling of a nobler cause

the wisest teacher does not wield the tawse
but neither does he blow both hot and cold
beyond the wall there are no other laws

all truths just have to stick in many craws
that's ancient history or so we've been told
we have no inkling of a nobler cause

the best of motivations has its flaws
what we have bought others have not yet sold
beyond the wall there are no other laws

no tiger waits to grasp us in its jaws
and yet we seem afraid of being bold
we have no inkling of a nobler cause

each will demand most undeserved applause
simply for staying in the boring fold
beyond the wall there are no others laws
we have no inkling of a nobler cause