Why don't you tell me what it is that you want 
I'll tell you where it is that you should look 
Don't think I don't know so much about you boy 
Just because I never came undone on your hook 

I know you play love like it's some kind of game 
And everyone you ever knew will get a page in your book 
Yeah but how many times is it gonna be this way 
Before your sweet heart realizes just what it took 

If you'd only do right by me 
If you'd only do right by me 
Baby if you'd only do right by me 
Maybe I would do alright by you 

Once you held a candle in the palm of your hand 
It helped you light up your way down to the coast 
And it brought you shelter from the howling night 
Just when you needed it the most 

You can make out you only get as lost as you please 
And that you like the way it feels when you feel just like a ghost 
Yeah but how many times you gonna play the scene out 
When the same way is the way that it always goes 

If you'd only do right by me 
If you'd only do right by me 
Baby if you'd only do right by me 
Maybe I would do alright by you 

I saw you smile when you thought you had crossed the line 
Only to realize you'd never left the start 
Well I know you won't admit it baby 
But I can see it's breaking your heart 

If you'd only do right by me 
If you'd only do right by me 
Baby if you'd only do right by me 
Maybe I would do alright by you 

If you'd only do right by me 
If you'd only do right by me 
Baby if you'd only do right by me 
Maybe I would do alright by you