when i was a young man younger than i am i thought that i had it all worked out as i grew up and started to love my uncle told me that yeah he told me that you ve got to do the right thing do the right thing do the right thing do the right thing when i am an old man much older than i am i am i am i am i am i am i am i promise i ll look back in time with a smile take in every breath and every girl this time breathe in every rose and every night gone wild leave my whole life to tell the young kids you ve got to do the right thing do the right thing do the right thing do the right thing do the right thing oh do the right thing do the right thing do the right thing