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Doin' the Right Thing

from Between Light and Dark by Penelope Swales

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Doin’ the Right Thing
© Penelope Swales 1993

Chorus:
Well my life feels like a necklace breakin’
My days are slipping away like beads off a string
Ohh-hoa, my mind’s eye, can’t see for the smoke o’ my bridges burnin’
Hope I’m doing the right thing, Yeah, well

My friend said to me – oh, you’re so young!
You’re just a baby. Your life has just begun
Well maybe I was taking big steps at an age when she was just taking little ones,
But sometime I’ve gotta wonder what I’ve done. Ho--ho

Chorus

The girls I went to school with, they’ll all be secretaries
Or maybe at university, or unemployed, or married
But if you ask me what the date is, the chance is I don’t know
But when I lift my head I’m amazed at how fast the weeks go, ho-o-a-hoa,

Chorus

Yeah, I hope I’m doing the right thing
Hope I’m doing the right thing
Hope I’m doing the right thing
Hope I’m doing the right thing
Ooh – hoo…

Chorus

Oh, my friend said to me – you know it never goes away
This old age barrier. I still get the same today
She said I’m 35, 40 doesn’t even know that I’m alive
And my days are drowned in a routine and I hope I’m doing the right thing, she said

Chorus

My life – ugh!
Haa…..
My mind’s eye can’t see for the smoke of my bridges burning under me
Hope I’m doing the right thing
Yeah, well my love, says all he wants is peace and tranquillity
But you know he’ll never reach the end of the road, no
Not while he’s travelling with me
In my life.

credits

from Between Light and Dark, released September 11, 1993
Penelope Swales - Vocals, guitar
Geoff Hassall - Drums
Bob Clark - fretless bass
Engineered by Robert Russell
Produced by Penelope Swales
Recorded at the Brunswick Mechanics Institute, Melbourne
Mixed at Rabbit Recording

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Penelope Swales Boolarra, Australia

Penelope Swales has been articulating the human condition with passion and humour for 30+ years. She sings about politics, love, friendship, the unbreakable bond between us and dogs and the impact of the Internet on society. She won the 2019 Alistair Hulett Songs for Social Justice Award with “Cambridge Analytica”. “The Ides of March in Christchurch" was short-listed for the same award in 2020. ... more

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