This World Today Is A Mess Lyrics - Donna Hightower

What you do, what you say 

Has a lot to do in how you live today 

What you want, and what you make, 

Everybody knows it's only what you take 

What you see, and what you hear, 

When it comes around again it's not too clear 

You say yes, they say no, 

Everybody's talking everywhere you go 

You try to give another man a helping hand 

He will take your kindness for a weaker stand 

Never do to others what they do to you 

Try to find another way to make it through 

What I say is what I know, 

Try to get a favour going from door to door 

You stop and pray it's out of style, 

You a step ahead it takes a hundred miles 

What I say is what I know 

Try to get a favour going from door to door 

You stop and pray, you know that's out of style, 

Get a step ahead it takes a hundred miles 

You try to give another man a helping hand 

He will take your kindness for a weaker stand 

Never do to others what they do to you 

You'd better do it to them before they do it to you! 

What you do, and what you say 

Has a lot to do in how you live today 

What you want, what you make, 

Everybody knows it's only what you take 

And now what you see, and what you hear, 

When it comes around again it's not gonna be the same thing 

Because you're gonna say yes, and they're gonna say no 

And everybody's gonna talk, and talk, 

And bla bla everywhere you go 

And you know something? 

You try to give another man a helping hand 

You know what he's gonna do? 

He's gonna take your kindness for a weaker stand 

You try to do for others what you'd like them to do to you 

Ah! ah! forget it! It's gonna be some other kind thing! 

So you try to give another man, ah! listen, a helping hand? 

He will take your kindness for a weaker stand! 

Never do to others what they do to you