GONNA GET RIGHT (AND DO SOMETHIN' WRONG)
(Larry Jenkins / Joe Chambers)


Johnny Paycheck - 1981


Well it's five-to-five and I'm takin' it home
It's Friday night and the week's been long
In a little while I'll be d-walkin' again
Well I swore last week I was gonna stop
After gettin' beat half to death by that cop
But here I lay drinkin' doubles again

I'm gonna get right and do somethin' wrong
I don't ever know where I’m goin' till I'm too far gone
Well it seems like I'd change my way of thinkin'
But it just don’t work when I start to drinkin'
I always get right and do somethin' wrong

Well I thought I'd found the love of my life
It turned out to be some gorilla's wife
Now I've got three fractured ribs and a broken arm
He left eleventeen footprints in my chest
Spread my nose runnin' east to west
This time, honey, I nearly bought the farm

I'm gonna get right and do somethin' wrong
I don't never know where I’m goin' till I'm too far gone
Yeah, it seems like I'd change my way of thinkin'
But it just don’t work when I start to drinkin'
I always get right and do somethin' wrong

Well their givin' last call, guess I made it this time
If I make it to the car I'll be doin' just fine
Hey wait a minute, baby, what's your name
Would you like to spend a little time with me
I got the car backed out, oh no, who's he
Here I go, ol' John's done it again

I'm gonna get right and do somethin' wrong
I don't never know where I’m goin' till I'm too far gone
Well it seems like I'd change my way of thinkin'
But it just don’t work when I start to drinkin'
I always get right and do somethin' wrong
Gonna get right and do somethin' wrong, hey now






(Transcribed by Mel Priddle - December 2011)