You Can't Do Wrong and Get By

You Can't Do Wrong and Get By - George Jones (喬治·瓊斯)/Ricky Skaggs

I remember my grandfather's counsel

As he laid the leather to my hide

He said there's just one rule in life it always will apply

You can't do wrong and get by

Now lessons tend to fade as we grow older

And I found myself in jail at twenty five

As I stood there by my lawyer

The old judge looked me in the eye

He said “You can't do wrong and get by”

You can't do wrong and get by for very long

Do wrong and all your troubles multiply

You may not face them here

But you'll face the man on high

You can't do wrong and get by

Now once I had a wife and lovin' children

But I gave into the pleasures of the night

She used my grand dad's very words to say her last goodbye

You can't do wrong and get by

You can't do wrong and get by for very long

Do wrong and all your troubles multiply

Oh you may not face them here

But you'll sure face the man on high

You can't do wrong and get by no no

You can't do wrong and get by