You can take a hammer
And knock yourself right out
You can hear a whisper
And turn it into a shout
You can do all kinds of things
But be it understood...
Just because you can don't mean you should
You can spend a life time
Doing wicked deeds
You can pull the crops up
Go and plant yourself some weeds
You can have a true love
And say it ain't no good...
But just because you can don't mean you should
I think we will agree
It's reciprocity
'Cause it's been tried
And it's been found
What goes, comes around
Now you can heed my wise words
Or you can let them fall
You can try to walk away
From the writing on the wall
You can want and wish for
A second childhood...
But just because you can don't mean you should