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“THEY CALL ME VERN GOSDIN — THE VOICE OF BROKEN HEARTS. JUST DON’T LIE.” In If You’re Gonna Do Me Wrong, Do It Right, Vern Gosdin doesn’t accuse or explode. He braces himself. The song sounds like a man who already knows what’s coming — and would rather face it clean than live inside uncertainty. There’s no rage in the delivery. Only exhaustion. A quiet request for honesty, even if it cuts deeper. That’s what makes the song unsettling. It isn’t about betrayal happening. It’s about a heart that’s learned betrayal is inevitable — and still chooses to feel everything. Vern didn’t sing to be healed. He sang to stop pretending.

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Introduction

If You’re Gonna Do Me Wrong, Do It Right is one of those songs that sounds almost calm—until you realize how much pain is sitting underneath it. When Vern Gosdin sings this line, he isn’t being clever or sarcastic. He’s being exhausted.

This song isn’t about anger. It’s about honesty at the point where hope has worn thin. Vern sings from the perspective of someone who’s been lied to enough times to know the pattern by heart. If you’re going to leave, if you’re going to hurt me—don’t drag it out. Don’t soften it with half-truths. Just tell me straight and let the wound heal clean.

What makes this song hit so hard is its emotional logic. Vern isn’t asking for mercy. He’s asking for respect. That quiet demand flips the usual heartbreak script. Instead of begging someone to stay, he’s saying he’d rather face the full truth than live inside uncertainty. And that takes a kind of strength we don’t talk about enough.

Vern’s delivery is everything here. No raised voice. No dramatic pauses. Just that unmistakable, wounded warmth—the sound of a man who loved deeply and learned the cost of it. You can hear why he was called the voice of broken hearts: he never exaggerates the pain. He trusts it to speak for itself.

If you’ve ever reached the point where not knowing hurt more than knowing, this song will feel painfully familiar. If You’re Gonna Do Me Wrong, Do It Right isn’t about giving up on love. It’s about choosing truth over comfort—and walking away with what little dignity you have left intact.

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Lyrics

There’s a closet full of dresses that I bought you
And here’s the keys to the new car in the drive
And before you leave our room
Put on your best perfume.
If you’re gonna do me wrong, do it right
Oh, the next time the phone rings I won’t answer
I don’t want to be the fool I was tonight
I don’t want to know the truth
I don’t want to see the proof.
If you’re gonna do me wrong, honey do it right
If you’re gonna break my heart all to pieces
Just walk right out and leave me any day or tonight
Take off your wedding band
When he takes you by the hand.
If you’re gonna do me wrong, do it right
Take off your wedding band
When he takes you by the hand
If you’re gonna do me wrong, do it right.

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