I helped my good friend's brother

Out of trouble when he was in jail

I was rushed cause I got lucky

Paid his lawyer and I paid his bail



Glad to be able just to pay the price

The price it took to set him free

I never heard a single "thank you" at all

You'd think by now I could see



All the good that I did was for nothing

All the good that I did was for nothing

Why don't I just let it be?



I'm thankful to young lovers,

New York artists they were on the run

I got them out to California

One was gifted and the other was fun



Merchants will always be merchants, of course

But a fool and his tears a fragile life

And it's something I have always believed

Her memory cuts like a knife



All the good that I did was for nothing

All the good that I did was for nothing

All the good that I did,

All the good that I did,

Why can't I just let it be?



All the good that I did was for nothing

All the good that I did

All the good that I did was for nothing



All the good that I did [Repeat: x3]



All the good that I did was for nothing

Writer : FOSTER, DAVID / LAMM, ROBERT WILLIAM / MARX, RICHARD
Copyright : Lyrics © Warner/Chappell Music, Inc.