Released: October 16, 1981

Songwriter: Philip Adrian Wright Philip Oakey

Producer: Martin Rushent The Human League

My life
I'm a fool for you
You who take no advice
You who think evil doesn't exist
Just because you deny it is true

You're lucky I care
For fools like you
You're lucky I'm there
To stop people doing the things
That you know they are dying to do

You're lucky I care
For fools like you
You're lucky I'm there
To stop people doing the things
That you know they are dying to do

You know I am no stranger
I know rules are a bore
But just to keep you from danger
I am the law
You know I am no stranger
I know rules are a bore
But just to keep you from danger
I am the law

A dog must bark
So evil calls
Both in the wild and
Within these walls

You're lucky I care
For fools like you
You're lucky I'm there
To stop people doing the things
That you know they are dying to do

You know I am no stranger
I know rules are a bore
But just to keep you from danger
I am the law
You know I am no stranger
I know rules are a bore
But just to keep you from danger
I am the law
You know I am no stranger
I know rules are a bore
But just to keep you from danger
I am the law
You know I am no stranger
I know rules are a bore
But just to keep you from danger
I am the law
You know I am no stranger
I know rules are a bore
But just to keep you from danger
I am the law
You know I am no stranger
I know rules are a bore
But just to keep you from danger
I am the law
You know I am no stranger
I know rules are a bore
But just to keep you from danger
I am the law
You know I am no stranger
I know rules are a bore
But just to keep you from danger
I am the law

The Human League

The Human League are a synth pop band from Sheffield, England, formed in 1977. They generated a string of synthesizer-backed dance pop hits throughout the 80s. David Bowie dubbed the group “the sound of the future” in 1981.

The band is best known for its third studio album released in 1981, Dare! The fourth single from Dare, “Don’t You Want Me,” catapulted to #1 in the UK and US.

Phil Oakey is the only core member of the group. The band’s first incarnation was as an arty all-male synthesizer group, composed of Oakey, Martyn Ware, and Ian Craig Marsh. In the 1980s, Ware and Marsh left the group after continued conflicts with Oakey—they went on to form Heaven 17.