Life is Never Wrong - Janis Ian

Feast or famine, God or Mammon

Priest or shaman — opposites attract

Saints and sinners, losers, winners

Rank beginners — there’s no going back

My old man was a dreamer

Dreamed his life away

Sometimes dreams are realer

Than the roles we play

Daddy used to say

You don’t walk another man’s path

You don’t sing another man’s song

You don’t pay the whores of Babylon

The road is never straight

The way is always long

But one thing I can say before I’m gone

Life is never wrong

People used to laugh and say

«You never ought to make the truth your bride

«Marry money, fill your tummy

«Only junkies live to get that high»

My first love was Beauty

She tried so hard to please

Then she introduced me to the Beast

Knocked me to my knees

You don’t walk another man’s path

You don’t sing another man’s song

You don’t pay the whores of Babylon

The road is never straight

The way is always long

But one thing I can say before I’m gone

Life is never wrong

Hold your head up high, no matter what the weight

Look life in the eye, don’t hesitate

Life won’t wait

You don’t walk another man’s path

You don’t sing another man’s song

You don’t pay the whores of Babylon

The road is never straight

The way is always long

But one thing I can say before I’m gone

Life is never wrong