Do Wrong, Do Right - Janis Ian

Johnny tends a bar on 29th and Carson

Lobby of the Grand Old Hotel

Listens to the stories, tales of hope and glory

While he’s mixing drinks at the well

And every night he sighs, hearing the alibis

Love is waiting, love is waiting

Do wrong, you do right

You paint it black, you paint it white

And you fight the good fight every night

Sometimes you win, sometimes you lose

Whatever it takes to get you through

'Cause you fight the good fight every night

Johnny has a child who ran a little wild

And now he tends the bars of his cell

Blaming it on a girlfriend, blaming it on the world

Then blaming everyone but himself

And every night he sighs, thinking of alibis

Love is waiting, love is waiting

Do wrong, you do right

You paint it black, you paint it white

And you fight the good fight every night

Sometimes you win, sometimes you lose

Whatever it takes to get you through

'Cause you fight the good fight every night

Do wrong, you do right

You paint it black, you paint it white

And you fight the good fight every night

Sometimes you win, sometimes you lose

Whatever it takes to get you through

'Cause you fight the good fight every night