Jimmy Buffett — Bend a Little

[Verse 1] Evil, it's been here all along Good things, they just seem to have come and gone In my life, I have seen so much go wrong And there's only one way left for us to get along [Chorus] You gotta bend a little, one way or the other Gotta leave your mind open to discover Seems I been fightin' it all along You gotta bend a little no matter which side your on Soon you'll be gone [Verse 2] Papers, they print it everday Housewife, wraps the garbage, then throws it away I don't guess she thinks they have that much to say But when the time is right she'll be the lady with so much to pay [Chorus] You gotta bend a little, one way or the other Gotta leave your mind open to discover Seems I been fightin' it all along You gotta bend a little no matter which side your on Soon you'll be gone [Verse 3] History, it teaches much too well Nations, had to rise up 'for they fell And my eyes see the story they're trying to tell And tonight I think I heard the final toll of the bell [Verse 4] We've gotta bend a little, one way or the other Gotta leave your mind open to discover Seems I've been fightin' it all along You've gotta bend a little no matter which side you're on Soon you'll be gone Seems I been fightin' it all along. I've been a fightin' and a fightin' Gotta bend a little no matter which side you're on It's a lonely dirty battle It seems I been fightin' it all along. I been a tearin' and a pullin' Gotta bend a little no matter which side you're on. Yes sir 'Cause it seems I've been fightin' it all along. I been a punchin' and a gougin'