Do Right Bayou Lyrics - Singles - Hugh Cornwell

When the man in the hobnail boots asked me what war was going on 

I didn't have the heart to tell him that peace had just begun 

He didn't believe he said do or die 

I couldn't deceive and so I said goodbye 

Got a friend with a silver lady shows me many ways to laugh 

It's a one-way love affair but she shines in his photographs 

He don't like a crowd but don't get him wrong 

He does his thinking aloud he makes it up as he goes along 

I want to do right by you but you mustn't do wrong by me 

Sitting in a lonely room with a friend with lots to tell 

He doesn't ask me for advice but then I've got nothing to sell 

We trade in a joke we've got nothing to hide 

We're just simple folk it makes me feel good inside 

I want to do right by you but you mustn't do wrong by me 

So when we're having our last meal and I ask you for a light 

Don't get me wrong because the last thing that I want is for us to fight 

So get back to school and I'll do the same 

But don't play the fool and we'll both win this game 

I want to do right by you but you mustn't do wrong by me