Duke Ellington
Maybe I Should Change My Ways
[MACHEATH]
I never could qualify as a saint
Or pose for a Sunday school mural
I've romped with the fillies
And dallied with dillies
My pleasures have always been plural

Then all of a sudden a girl I meet
Who seems to think I'm a special treat
On the primrose path I'm stumbling
Are my bad intentions crumbling?
Have I been wrong all along?

Maybe I should change my ways
Maybe sweet romancing pays
Maybe I am overdue
For a love that's true

What if I should try
To let temptation pass me by?
And really concentrate upon
A girl who'd lead me anywhere but on

Maybe if I could resist
All the lips I'vе never kissed
If I anchorеd down my heart
Would the magic start?
I should change my ways
For something deep inside me says
A man should really give a damn
Or should I stay the way I am?