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Why Don’t You Do Right by Helen Merrill album cover

Why Don’t You Do Right

by Helen Merrill

Lyrics
You had plenty money, 1922
You let other women make a fool of you

Why don't you do right,
Like some other men do ?
Get out of here
Get me some money too

You're sittin' there and wonderin' what it's all about
You ain't got no money, they will put you out

Why don't you do right,
Like some other men do ?
Get out of here
Get me some money too

If you had prepared twenty years ago
You wouldn't be a-wanderin' from door to door

Why don't you do right,
Like some other men do ?
Get out of here
Get me some money too

I fell for your jivin' and I took you in
Now all you got to offer me's a drink of gin

Why don't you do right,
Like some other men do ?
Get out of here
Get me some money too

Why don't you do right,

Like some other men do ?
Get out of here
Get me some money too