The Straight Life lyrics

Sometimes I imagine myself as a drifter

Seeker of fortunes, connoisseur of great wines

Dashing through meadows of yellow and green

Trying to catch the impossible dream

Leaving the straight life behind

Sometimes my thoughts may find me in Mexico,

Drinking tequila going out of my mind

Having a ball on a couple o' bob,1

Suddenly all my silly thoughts disappear,

She comes to me softly with crackers and beer,

Winking and blinking and blowing in my ear,

Running away with my mind

It's great to be in love, I'm not really thinking of

Leaving the straight life behind

I'm just playing a game in my mind

Once in a while in my mind I go bumming

Going to nowhere, with no worry of time

Running along chasing after a train

Humming a song in the sun and the rain

Leaving the straight life behind

I can just see me on a tropical island

Riding the surf and drinking coconut wine

Having me fun with golden girls in the sand

Chasing the sun through an innocent land

Leaving the straight life behind

Suddenly all my silly thoughts disappear

She comes to me softly with crackers and beer

Winking and blinking and blowing in my ear,

Running away with my mind

It's great to be in love, I'm not really thinking of

Leaving the straight life behind

I'm just playing a game in my mind

• Artist:Bobby Goldsboro
• Album:Word Pictures (1968)