There’s a God who’s standing at heaven’s door, He’s looking this universe o’er; And He sees each mortal with a searching eye, You can’t do wrong and get by.
Refrain: You can’t do wrong and get by, No matter how much you may try; Nothing hidden can be, everything He doth see, You can’t do wrong and get by.
Out into the darkness you alone may go, And seeds for the wicked one sow; There’s an eye that’s watching from the throne on high, You can’t do wrong and get by.
Yes, He knows your secrets, everything you do, He knows that your life is untrue; You can ne’er deceive Him, there’s no use to try, You can’t do wrong and get by.
Copyright status information given by grandson Jeffery S. Ellis (12 December 2004).