Why don't you do right

You had plenty money in 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 and get me some money, too

You're sittin' down wonderin' what it's all about

You ain't got no money that will put you out

Why don't you do right?

Like some other men do

Get out of here and get me some money, too

If you had prepared twenty years ago

You wouldn't be wanderin' now from door to door

Why don't you do right?

Like some other men do

Get out of here and get me some money, too

I fell for your jiving and I took you in

Now all you've got to offer me is a drink of gin

Why don't you do right?

Like some other men do

Get out of here and get me some money, too

Why don't you do right?

Like some other men do

Like some other men do