Better Do It Right

Momma told me, "Boy, you best behave

'Cause Santa keeps a list of all his faves

And if you don't shape up, you ain't gettin' squat."

But the devil on my shoulder's gettin' hot

Hotter than heaven, cool outta sight

If I'm gonna do wrong, I'm gonna do it right

So he took me for a ride in his Cadillac

Stolen from a kleptomaniac at a horse-race track

I said, "Sir, it's Christmas Eve, I should be home in bed."

Instead, he said, "You merry gentlemen always bet on red."

The duke of deception, malice, and spite

If I'm gonna do wrong, I'm gonna do it right

When you're done, you're really done

Will you look back and say, "Hey, that was fun."

When all you ever wanted was a BB gun

Santa Claus never did come

When you're done, you're really done

Will you look back and say, "Hey, that was fun."

So he took me for a ride in his big ol' sleigh

We flew around the world in just one day

Johnny Mathis sang

I said, "Sir, what you got for me in that sled?"

Instead, he said, "Boy, you been bettin' on a darker shade of red."

Hotter than heaven, cool outta sight

Duke of deception, malice, and spite

Johnny is singin'

(Johnny is singin')

In heaven tonight

If you gotta do wrong

You better do it right