You can keep doing what you want to do There's no one there to stop you You can keep doing what you want to do There's no one there to tell you Oh, it's wrong You know it's wrong Oh it's wrong Too stay to long Oh, it's wrong You know it's wrong All the lights in the gutters will call for their mothers someday It's time you did what you had to do You've waited for a time or two The flames will get too far ahead of you If you don't scale the standards Oh, it's wrong You know it's wrong Oh it's wrong You stayed too long Oh, it's wrong You know it's wrong All the lights in the gutters will call for their mothers someday You know it's all for nothing I hope it's not for nothing You can keep doing what you want to do There's no one there to stop you You can keep doing what you've got to do There's no one there to tell you