Better Do It Right Lyrics

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 cleptomaniac, at a horse-race track.
I said, "Sir, it`s Christmas Eve I should be home in bed."
Instead, he said,
"You merry gentle men 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.
We look back and say, Hey, that was fun.
When all you wanted was a BB gun,
Santa Claus never did come.

{Interlude}

When you`re done, you`re really done.
We 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`,)
"Remember tonight:
If you gotta do wrong,