Fellas, I want you to listen to me
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'cause I know ya'll will know what I am talkin' bout here today...
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Now dig...
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Let me tell you about a girl I know
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Every time I let my feelings show
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I sing this same old song...
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OW! Listen to me people...
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How come every time I try to put my best foot forward
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All I wind up doing is putting it in my mouth
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Somebody's got to tell me...
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I keep trying to do the right thing,
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But I keep doing it the wrong way...
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Every time that I try to win her lovin'
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I keep doing it the wrong way...
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I send her flowers - she starts to sneeze
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I didn't know that she had allergies
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(oh, yeah, yeah, yeah)
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I told her I apologize...and I'll make it up to you
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Listen to me!
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'Cause I was tryin' to do the right thing
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But I keep doing it the wrong way...
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Every time that I try to win her lovin'
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I keep doing it the wrong way
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A 4 course meal - she called it a snack
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I even took her to my crib, and she called my place a shack!
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(oh, yeah, yeah, yeah)
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I tried to please the kind of girl...
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whose tastes are particular
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Man, this girl's about to break my back!
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I keep trying to do the right thing,
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But I keep doing it the wrong way...
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Every time that I try to win her lovin'
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I keep doing it the wrong way
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I keep on trying to do the right thing,
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Yeah! Yeah!
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But I keep...
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But I keep...
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But I keep...doing it the wrong way...
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Every time that I try to win her lovin'
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I keep doing it the wrong way
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Looky here now,
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I'm trying to do the right thing...
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I keep trying to do the right thing...
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Don't you know that...
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I'm trying to do the right thing...
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Oooh!
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Looky here...
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Put your hands together...
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Listen to me people...
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The top was down on lover's lane
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How was I supposed to know it was gonna rain?
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So, I called her up to make amends...
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And she agreed to see me once again...
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But this time she brought her UGLY friend!
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Ha, ha...I guess that's how the story ends...
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YEAH!
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I keep trying to do the right thing,
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But I keep doing it the wrong way...
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Every time that I try to win her lovin'
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I keep doing it the wrong way
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I keep trying to do the right thing,
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But I keep doing it wrong, yeah...
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Every time that I try to win her lovin'
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I keep doing it the wrong way...
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YEAH!
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HIT IT!
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YEAH!
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(hey, hey, hey)
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Come on...
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I could do nothing right, seemed like...
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Everything I wanna do came out wrong...
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I know ya'll know what I'm talkin' about!
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HEY! Yeah, yeah, yeah...
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Try...try...try...yeah
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Got to do the right thing...
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Don't ya know it...
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Tryin' to do the right thing...
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Don't ya know...
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Trying' to do the right thing...
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Trying' to do the right thing...baby
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Don't ya know...
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Keep tryin' to put my best foot forward...
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Instead I put it in my mouth...
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When I try to want love, baby...
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You, you, you want something
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Can I try, try, try to do the right thing...
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Don't ya know...
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Tryin' to do the right thing...
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Don't ya know, girl...
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Tryin' to do the right thing...
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For ya baby...
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Tryin' to do the right thing...
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For ya baby...
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I keep coming off all
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wrong...wrong...wrong...wrong...wrong...wrong...wrong...yeah
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Keeps coming off wrong...
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(written by Jimmy Jam, Terry Lewis & TTD)
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Right Thing, Wrong Way
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Terence Trent D'arby |