Linda Ronstadt You Can't Treat the Wrong Man Right lyrics

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