Robbie Robertson
How to Become Clairvoyant

The Right Mistake (songwriting version)

One man's trash is another man's treasure

One man's pain is another man's pleasure

Play too hard, play too rough

And someday someone's gonna call your bluff



Take a stroll off the deep end

On the boulevard of broken dreams

Take a stroll off the deep end



And I was just trying to make

The right mistake, the right mistake

I was only trying to make

The right mistake



Gotta change some old habits

Trying to turn a new leaf

I gotta stop chasing rabbits

But I got hooked beyond belief



Let it go, they told me

But I just couldn't hear their plea

Let it go, they warned me



'Cause I'm just trying to make

The right mistake, the right mistake

I was only trying to make

The right mistake, the right mistake



You could be the perfect stranger

You could be from Illinois

You come around here courting danger

Making all that noise



And you know I'll be there

Tell me when the deal goes down

And you know I'll be there



'Cause I'm just trying to make

The right mistake, the right mistake

I was only trying to make

The right mistake, the right mistake

The right mistake, the right mistake

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