The Right Thing

words and music by John Eddie

She was a friend of a friend
A beach town fling
It wasn't meant to mean a thing
But with my luck I should have known
I should have moved away
I should have tore out the phone
Cause damn it man when trouble rings
You got the world saying do the right thing

Chorus:
I got no life of my own
I did the right thing
I'm up to my neck in loans
I did the right thing
I'm losin blood to my heart
cause of a tight ring
I had it up to here with the right thing

Her daddy wasn't pleased at all
he said buy the ring boy
rent the hall
I promise not to hurt you son
it you make good on the damage done
It's fifty fifty when the church bells ring
Well it ain't love it's just a sucker's right thing

Chorus

Her daddy got a job for me
Her momma gave us receipes
We had the basement to ourselves
We had a private entrance to our private hell

I wonder if she's caught on yet
I ain't coming back with her cigaretts
I ain't blind, hell I can see
my reason for staying don't look like me
It's fifty fifty when the church bells ring
Well it ain't love it's just a sucker's right thing

Chorus
I had it up to here with the right thing
I had it up to here with the right thing