I would rather walk than run So many friends I hide And the garden grows another rose Young mother strokes her breast Each new life draws new breath And our hero knows it's all in his soul It's a cruel price that we pay That our lives are day to day They wanna know what caused it all No way to mend that broken home I want to rule my life today Sing these songs so full of soul With rubber man I want to rule my life today When we're down we bounce right back With the rubber man No one knows where he's coming from Is it somewhere from deep inside Everybody grows another rose All the guns are drawn in haste Can't we be friends today And live the dream that comes from the soul It's a cruel price that we pay That our lives are day to day They wanna know what caused it all No way to mend that broken home I want to rule my life today Sing these songs so full of soul With rubber man I want to rule my life today When we're down we bounce right back With the rubber man Oh mothers so proud before Its not a perfect hope Not to be so harsh We can share with the world Shock them all with love I want to rule my life today Sing these songs so full of soul With rubber man I want to rule my life today When we're down we bounce right back With the rubber man