Lyric Bend a Little (In Album High Cumberland Jubilee)

By: Jimmy Buffett, Buzz Cason
1971
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 got to bend a little one way or the other
You got to leave your mind open to discover
Seems I ve been fightin it all along
You got to bend a little no matter which side you re on
Or 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

Chorus:
You got to bend a little one way or the other
You got to leave your mind open to discover
Seems I ve been fightin it all along
You got to bend a little no matter which side you re on
Or soon you ll be gone

History, it teaches much too well
Nations, had to rise up before they fell
And my eyes see the story they re tryin to tell
And tonight I think I heard the final toll of the bell

Chorus:
We better bend a little one way or the other
You got to leave your mind open to discover
Seems I ve been fightin it all along
You ve got to bend a little no matter which side you re on
Or soon you ll be gone

Seems I ve been fightin it all along
I ve been a fightin and a fightin
Got to bend a little no matter which side you re on
It s a long and and dirty battle
It seems I ve been fightin it all along
I ve been a tearin and a pullin
Got a bend a little no matter which side you re on
Yes I know cause
It seems I ve been fightin it all along
I ve been a punchin and a gougin
And it seems it don t matter which side you re on
I ve been a tearin and a rippin and
It seems I ve been fightin it all along