Story Behind The Song

realizing we cannot expect people to be perfect

Song Description

life, mistakes, forgiveness and redemption

Lyrics

(Chorus) Bad guys don?t always wear black; good guys don?t always wear white,
Bad guys don?t always do wrong, and good guys don?t always do right,

Life seemed so clear when I was innocent and pure,
I thought I knew so many things for sure,
But it?s nowhere near as simple as I naively estimated,
People are complex and life is sometimes complicated,

(Chorus) Bad guys don?t always wear black; good guys don?t always wear white,
Bad guys don?t always do wrong, and good guys don?t always do right,

None of us is perfect so we all make mistakes,
Some of us get caught and some of us catch breaks,
We all have to wrestle with what?s right and what?s wrong,
Sometimes we?re weak and sometimes we?re strong,
The struggle continues as long as we live,
So don?t be too quick to j- u - dge, And don?t be too slow to forgive,

(Chorus) Bad guys don?t always wear black; good guys don?t always wear white,
Bad guys don?t always do wrong, and good guys don?t always do right,

Everybody gets put to the test, Nobody gets an exemption,
and even when we fail we still can f-i-nd redemption,
Sometimes the best of us answers the call,
But even our heroes can stumble and fall,
Real heroes fight fires in spite of the danger,
Real heroes risk their lives for the sake of a stranger;
Yet some of our heroes can only play ball;
they?re not really heroes at all,

(Chorus) Bad guys don?t always wear black; good guys don?t always wear white,
Bad guys don?t always do wrong, and good guys don?t always do right,

Every action has a consequence, and nothing is for free,
We cannot ignore our conscience without a penalty,
Some things are controversial but life is not all relative,
Some truths are universal; no matter where or when we live,
We sometimes hurt the ones we love, and disappoint our friends,
We can?t undo the wrong we?ve done, but we can make amends,
It doesn?t matter how bad we have been; that doesn?t mean we can?t do good again,
We can renounce our mistakes of yesterday, and embrace a renaissance of today,

(Chorus) Bad guys don?t always wear black; good guys don?t always wear white,
Bad guys don?t always do wrong, and good guys don?t always do right,
(Coda)
It?s not too late to be contrite
It?s not too late to set things right
It?s not too late to be a good guy
It?s not too late to try
(Chorus) Bad guys don?t always wear black; good guys don?t always wear white,
Bad guys don?t always do wrong, and good guys don?t always do right,
(Repeat) And Good guys don?t always do right. (tag)