To Bend A Straight Line

TO BEND A STRAIGHT LINE - Written by Carroll Bryant

You know, it used to be, I had it easy

Anything I wanted, and it was mine

I guess that you could say I just turned lazy

Going out to parties that just totally blew my mind

To bend a straight line

How I wasted time

On fun loving women

Beer, whiskey and wine

And if go looking back now

I know just what I'll find

Every little thing it took

To bend a straight line

Trouble soon became my middle name

I soon realized that life wasn't just a game

And things went wrong when I became of age

I did something, and I got caught

And they threw me in a cage

To bend a straight line

How I wasted time

On fun loving women

Beer, whiskey and wine

And if go looking back now

I know just what I'll find

Every little thing it took

To bend a straight line

And now here I am behind these prison walls

Looking out at freedom that I foolishly threw away

And the sun, oh the sun, how bright it does shine

I sit and I wonder why I had to bend my straight line

To bend a straight line

How I wasted time

On fun loving women

Beer, whiskey and wine

And if go looking back now

I know just what I'll find

Every little thing it took

To bend a straight line

And if I go looking back now

I know it was a crime

That's exactly what it took

To bend my straight line