One, one, one, one, one

Talkin' in my sleep at night
Makin' myself crazy
(Out of my mind, out of my mind)
Wrote it down and read it out
Hopin' it would save me
(Too many times, too many times)
My love, he makes me feel like nobody else
Nobody else
But my love, he doesn't love me
So I tell myself, I tell myself

One, don't pick up the phone
You know he's only calling 'cause he's drunk and alone
Two, don't let him in
You'll have to kick him out again
Three, don't be his friend
You know you're gonna wake up in his bed in the morning
And if you're under him
You ain't getting over him

I got new rules, I count 'em
I got new rules, I count 'em
I gotta tell them to myself
I got new rules, I count 'em
I gotta tell them to myself

I keep pushin' forwards
But he keeps pullin' me backwards
(Nowhere to turn, no way)
(Nowhere to turn, no)
Now I'm standing back from it
I finally see the pattern
(I'll never learn, I never learn)
But my love, he doesn't love me
So I tell myself, I tell myself
I do, I do, I do

One, don't pick up the phone
You know he's only calling 'cause he's drunk and alone
Two, don't let him in
You'll have to kick him out again
Three, don't be his friend
You know you're gonna wake up in his bed in the morning
And if you're under him
You ain't getting over him

I got new rules, I count 'em
I got new rules, I count 'em
I gotta tell them to myself
I got new rules, I count 'em
I gotta tell them to myself

Practice makes perfect
I'm still tryna learn it by heart (I got new rules, I count 'em)
Eat, sleep, and breathe it
Rehearse and repeat it 'cause I (I got new, I got new, I)

One, don't pick up the phone
You know he's only calling 'cause he's drunk and alone
Two, don't let him in
You'll have to kick him out again
Three, don't be his friend
You know you're gonna wake up in his bed in the morning
And if you're under him
You ain't getting over him

I got new rules, I count 'em
I got new rules, I count 'em
I gotta tell them to myself
I got new rules, I count 'em (baby, you know I count 'em)
I gotta tell them to myself
Don't let him in, don't let him in
Don't be his friend, don't be his friend
Don't let him in, don't let him in
Don't be his friend, don't be his friend
You ain't getting over him


Lyrics submitted by Mellow_Harsher, edited by nyny

New Rules Lyrics as written by Emily Warren Schwartz Caroline Ailin Buvik Furoeyen

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  • +4
    Song Meaning

    It's about someone trying to move on from a relationship and establishing new rules with herself to keep herself from falling back into that failed relationship.

    Mellow_Harsheron October 07, 2017   Link
  • +1
    General Comment

    about the friend whom is trying to rebound with her friends ex. and not going back. they were both doing him?

    twuxtopcowboyon February 27, 2018   Link
  • 0
    General Comment

    Dui Lipo is great artist of our times. She is change story of someone trying to move on from a relationship and establishing new rules into concept of friend whom is trying to rebound with her friends ex. and not going back.

    For that reasons Duo Lipo is greatest American singing artist !

    NomadMonadon August 29, 2019   Link
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    NomadMonadon February 12, 2022   Link
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    Also great American song artist Dua Lipo have medical cosmetic process named after her: "LIPASUCTION"

    NomadMonadon January 22, 2021   Link

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