Fellas, I want you to listen to me,
cause I know y 'all know what I'm talking about here today.
Now dig, let me tell you
about a girl I know.
Every time I let my feelings show,
I sing this same old song.
Listen to me people!
How come every time I try
to put my best foot forward,
All I wind up doing is
puttin' it in my mouth
Somebody's got to tell me
I keep tryin' to do the right thing
But I keep doin' it the wrong way
Every time that I try to do the right thing
I keep doin' it the wrong way
I see my flowers,
she starts to sneeze
I didn't know that
she had all the sheaths
Oh yeah, yeah, yeah
I told her I apologize
And I'll make it up to you
Listen to me
Cause I was trying to do the right thing
But I keep doing it the wrong way
Every time that I try to win her lovin'
I keep doing it the wrong way
A four -course meal she calls a snack I even took
her to my crib and she called my place a shack
Oh yeah, yeah, yeah I'm trying to please the
kind of girl whose tastes are particular
Man, this girl's about to break my back
I keep trying to give her right back
But I keep going the wrong way
Every time that I try to win her lovin'
I keep doin' it the wrong way
I keep on tryin' to be the right man,
yeah, yeah
But I keep, but I keep,
but I keep doin' it the wrong way
Every time that I try to win her lovin' I
keep doin' it the wrong way
Lookie here now,
I'm tryin' to do the right thing
I keep tryin' to do the right thing
Don't you know that I'm
tryin' to do the right thing
Chop, chop, chop, chop, whoo!
Lookie here,
put your hands together
Listen to me people,
the time has come
Her lover
Elaine
How was I supposed to know
It was gonna rain?
yeah, yeah
So, I called her up to make a manganese
And she agreed to see me once again
But this time she brought her ugly friend
I guess that's how the story ends
Yeah, I keep trying to run
I keep doing it the wrong way
Every time that I try to win her lovin'
I keep doing it, I keep doing it
The way I used to like to do the right thing
I keep doing wrong way
Every time I try to win her lovin'
I can't do anything wrong
Come on now
I think you know the right
thing right
Everything I want to do came out wrong
I know y 'all know what I'm
talkin' about
Yeah, yeah, yeah
Try, try, yeah
Try to do the right thing
Don't you know that
Try to do the right thing
Don't you know
Try to do the right thing
Tryin' to do the right thing, baby
Don't you know
You gotta put my best foot forward
Instead I put it in my mouth
When I try, so I bluff it
You, you are something
Try, try, to do the right thing
Don't you know
Tryin' to do the right thing
Don't you know
I'm to do the right thing for ya, baby
I'm tryin' to do the right thing for ya, baby
It keeps comin' on
On, on, on, on, on, on, on, on, on, yeah
It keeps comin' on