If I seem kind of blue to you,
It's just coz I'm not getting through to you,
And i'll do anything you want me to,
But I can't do right for doing wrong,

We could get to where we want to be,
With just a little faith and honesty,
Instead of drifting where we don't belong,
And I can't do right for doing wrong
I can't do right for doing wrong,

I say too little, or I say too much,
I see no recognition in your eyes,
I try to fix it with a tender touch,
But I see too late,
The chance has passed me by

I told you what you mean to me,
I've even told you what you've been to me,
I wish we could be where we both belong,
But I can't do right for doing wrong,

If I seem kind of blue to you,
It's just coz I'm not getting through to you,
And i'll do anything you want me to,
But I can't do right for doing wrong,
I can't do right for doing wrong,
I can't do right for doing wrong.