Bend A Little

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

You gotta bend a little, one way or the other

Gotta leave your mind open to discover

Seems I've been fighting it all along

You gotta bend a little no matter which side you're on

Soon you'll be gone

Papers, they print it every day

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

You gotta bend a little, one way or the other

Gotta leave your mind open to discover

Seems I've been fighting it all along

You gotta bend a little no matter which side you're on

Soon you'll be gone

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

We can bend a little, one way or the other

Gotta leave your mind open to discover

Seems I've been fighting it all along

You've gotta bend a little no matter which side you're on

Soon you'll be gone

Seems I've been fighting it all along

I've been a fighting and a fighting

Gotta bend a little no matter which side you're on

It's a lonely dirty battle

It seems I've been fighting it all along

I've been a tearing and a pulling

Gotta bend a little no matter which side you're on, yes I've been

'Cause it seems I've been fighting it all along

I've been a punching and a gouging and it seems

Ain't no matter which side you're on

I've been a tearing and a pulling