well, i tell you when you're wrong
but do i tell you when you're right
and do i make it so easy for you to make it alright
and then you tell me when i'm wrong
but do you tell me when i'm right
and do you make it so easy for me to make it alright

if i had my chance again
well i'd smile and say i'm sorry and try to make amends
if i knew what to say
we'd never get to this stage: this tragic act in our play

and if life is just a game why does it carry so much pain
and what do i have to gain
if all this stuff is true why does it come out of the blue
shouldn't somebody know what to do

well, i tell you when you're wrong
but will i tell you when you're right
and will i make it so easy for you to make it alright
and then you tell me when i'm wrong
but will you tell me when i'm right
and will you make it so easy for me to make it alright

i want to do my best
take every chance i'm offered and refuse all the rest
these opportunities
they can shake up your life and scatter your immunities

if everything must change and my life be re-arranged
i want to take some time to think about it
if my life is such a mess then i'll devise some tests
and find a way to give myself some credit

and i'll tell you when you're wrong
but will i tell you when you're right
and will i make it so easy for you to make it alright
and then you'll tell me when i'm wrong
but will you tell me when i'm right
and will you make it so easy for me to make it alright

what i don't understand
is that i hear you when you criticise
even when you're on my deaf side
but when you try to praise
there's a block in my mind
and i find it hard to realise that this is one day in the rain
sunshine an showers will come and block out the pain
tomorrow i will rise
and the weather of today will be a memory of distant skies

and then i'll tell you when you're wrong
and i will tell you when you're right
and i will make it so easy for you to make it alright
and then you'll me when i'm wrong
but you will tell me when i'm right
and you will make it so easy for me to make it alright
and i will make it so easy for you to make it alright
and i will make it so easy for us to get through tonight