No Justice - Bend But Don't Break lyrics

Written by: George DeVore

Bend but don’t break give before you take

Always look ‘em right in the eye

These are words to live by

Jim proposed to Sue she said I do

they eloped into a summer’s night

Heading for Loredo that’s the way wind blew

They got in their first real fight

Standing at the alter shoes and her halter

Jim sweating out his Sunday best

Looking all around them but nobody found them

And this is what the preacher said

Chorus:

Bend but don’t break give before you take

Always look ‘em right in the eye

Always have a reason dress right for the season

Never cheat and never lie

These are words to live by

Billy’s washing dishes and all the time he wishes he could find a better way

Yea and no season had rain for a country singer bound for a life of that fortune and fame

He wrote a couple songs and they got a long into the hands of a bad Nashville man

playin’ on the radio and he ain’t never seen no doe

looks back down at them ugly pots and pans

Repeat Chorus

Bridge:

You know times in our life are nervous and reckless, sometimes it’s hard just to get by

Ain’t it good to know that we can still grow So gimme one word and tell me one time

Always me and mother and never were no other Daddy died when I was just three

Always understood that she did the best she could I needed someone right there Momma would be

I never thought twice to ask for advice when I got crazy in my head

What ever the cause she would slowly pause And this is what Momma said

Repeat Chorus