Good People Do Bad Things

If you said, "Swear on my soul" I could not guarantee I would not want to lie to you But a liar never cheats Now I dodged every situation That brought him near to me I was lying to my best friend I'm not where I’d said I'd be It was a late late night We were trying not to do the wrong thing The wrong wrong thing So don't look at me that way Everybody makes those mistakes Oh, oh (People, people, people) Good people do bad things Oh, oh (People, people, people) Good people do bad things We tell some lies, we cross the lines We make our peace and then we overcome People do bad things Good people do bad things Now you come to me with tears in eyes Eyes that don’t look up You can't even bear to say it out loud And I can read you like a book (Like a book) Ask yourself why you're upset And beating yourself up You've broken your own heart And that's the proof that shows you're good When it's a late, late night and you're crying That you’ve done the wrong thing The wrong wrong thing I’ll never look at you that way My love, you're going to make mistakes We'll never look at you that way Oh, oh (People, people, people) Good people do bad things Oh, oh (People, people, people) Good people do bad things We tell those lies, we cross the lines We make our peace and then we overcome People do bad things Good people do bad things (Good people do bad things) It was a late, late night We were trying not to do the wrong thing The wrong wrong thing It was a late, late night We were trying not to do the wrong thing Wrong wrong thing It was a late, late night We were trying not to do the wrong, wrong thing It was a late, late night We were trying not to do the wrong thing If you ever make fire Oh, oh (People, people, people) You can blame it on me (Good people do bad things) Oh, oh (People, people, people) If you ever need a liar Oh, oh (People, people, people) You can lay it on me (Good people do bad things) People do bad things Good people do bad things