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.

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.

repeat chorus

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'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'.