Crooked Mile

Maybe you're walking along a beach road with your lover
Maybe you see something suspicious in that smile
Guess what your love has just become another stain laid down there to pave
That crooked mile

Maybe you got some news you thought that news was good news
Maybe you stepped out for some air just for a while
And that good news turned to bad news while you're strolling on down
That crooked mile

Fate fate fate oh fate you've been so cruel
You send us places we don't want to go
Fate fate fate oh fate you make us fools
You show us high and then you throw us low

Maybe you make your way on over to the county courthouse
And sit yourself on down to watch the trial
But soon you're in the handcuffs, sherif's pushing you on
Down the crooked mile

Fate fate fate oh fate you've been so cruel
You send us places we don't want to go
Fate fate fate oh fate you make us fools
You show us high and then you throw us low

So you settle into cozy accommodations
It's all arranged you'll go out in comfort and in style
But the pills don't work and you find you're walking one last time
Down that crooked mile