CONSCIENCE, THE THING THAT IS,
WITHOUT IT ONE CAN MAKE IT BIG.
COMES AND GOES AS IT PLEASE,
CONSCIENCE CAN BRING YOU TO YOUR KNEES.
IT'S NAGGING THAT'S FOR SURE, BEEN AROUND FOREVERMORE.
THE LONGER I LIVE AND SEE,
CONSCIENCE HAS ALWAYS GUIDED ME.
WITHOUT IT ONE CAN GET RICH
OR FEEL NO REGRET WHEN THEY SNITCH.
LEFT TO CHOOSE I'D KEEP IT AROUND,
I DON'T MIND BOWING DOWN.
TAKE THE BITTER WITH THE SWEET
THAT'S WHAT I DID WHEN I TURNED MY CHEEK.
I SPIT IN YOUR FACE? OH WELL,
NOBODY COMPLAINED AS MY CHEEK SWELLED.
WITH WOUNDED PRIDE AND TEARS IN MY EYES
MY CONSCIENCE WAS ALL I HAD
SO I TOOK THE GOOD ALONG WITH THE BAD.
THAT WAS ALL I NEEDED TO TAKE
AS I SLICED MY PIECE OF THE CAKE.
CONSCIENCE, THE THING THAT IS,
I WISH THEY'D MIND THEIR OWN BIZ.