You Can`t Treat The Wrong Man Right — текст песни (Linda Ronstadt)

written by Jimmy Webb
copyright 1986 White Oak Songs (ASCAP)

Can`t you see he doesn`t care
He likes to play with you that`s all
He`s waiting on someone else`s call
He`s playing it cool
Why`s it so hard to reach you?

Why are you still out there
Beating your heart against the wall
Waiting for Jericho to fall
You hard-headed fool
Didn`t your mama teach you
Anything at all

You can`t treat the wrong man right
Or change a devil to an angel overnight
He`ll wreck all your best laid plans for spite
You can`t treat the wrong man right
You can`t treat the right man wrong
When you`re out on the town
Acting mean and head-strong
He`ll sit home and wait for you all night long
You can`t treat the right man wrong

I heard it on the telephone
A woman was whispering in my ear
And though I was trying not to hear
The message came through
She was someone who knew you
I guess she told me everything
I wasn`t listening anyway
I know she had a lot to say
But nothing was clear
I only remember her voice
Above the sound of the pinball
Saying to me

You can`t treat the wrong man right
Or change a devil to an angel overnight
He`ll steal all your love and and fly by night
You can`t treat the wrong man right
You can`t treat the right man wrong
You can run all the way from here to Hong Kong
And he`ll be waiting when you come back in sight
You can`t treat the right man wrong
You can`t treat the wrong man right

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GUITARS: Dean Parks
DRUMS: Russ Kunkel
BASS: Leland Sklar
ACOUSTIC PIANO: Matt Rollings
SYNTHESIZER AND B-3: Robbie Buchanan
BACKGROUND VOCALS: Alex Brown, Mortonette Jenkins, Marlena Jeter
ADDITIONAL BACKGROUND VOCALS: Linda Ronstadt