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 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 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 been fightin' it all along You gotta bend a little no matter which side your 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'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'