Not Right - Jonny Lang

I walk along on this dark and lonely street

And what little breath I breathe

Is near the end

See, I am the last of the wayfaring soldiers

And this hope that I’ve been holding

Is wearing thin

All he had on me was a story to tell

'Bout his own personal hell

From a ten-by-ten foot prison cell, he said

It’s not right to leave a dog for dead in the street

It’s not right denying a wounded man his morphine

It’s not right to pull the plug while the heart still beats

It’s not right, it’s not right

It’s not right, it’s not right

Next sound I heard was the ground under me shaking

The earth it started breaking

All around us, hey, hey

Somewhere in a land far away, a little boy’s crying

«That's my momma and she’s dying;

Can you save her?»

I know you might be asking, «Is this really my concern?»

As you watch the whole world turn

Its back as if it looked the other way

It’s not right to leave a dog for dead in the street

It’s not right denying a wounded man his morphine

It’s not right to pull the plug while the heart still beats

It’s not right, it’s not right

It’s not right, it’s not right

It’s all right to talk about it, but talk is cheap

When you could be the one who could meet the need

It’s not right to turn your head and pretend you don’t see

It’s not right, it’s not right

It’s not right, it’s not right

Been sitting here thinking what the old man said to me

I was blind

But now I think I see

It’s not right to leave a dog for dead in the street

It’s not right denying a wounded man his morphine

It’s not right to pull the plug while the heart still beats

It’s not right, it’s not right

It’s not right, it’s not right

It’s all right to talk about it, but talk is cheap

When you could be the one who could meet the need

It’s not right to turn your head and pretend you don’t see

It’s not right, it’s not right

It’s not right, it’s not right

Hey, hey

Oh, no

Haven’t we hurt enough people?

I wonder how we sleep at night sometimes