The Crooked Line - Elvis Costello

Life isn’t a game… Won or tied… Lost by either side…

Then some people’s idea of the straight and narrow

Didn’t appeal to me

If you were my life’s companion

As it seems you may turn out to be

I’m contemplating

How i hope i’ll find you waiting

At the very end of this crooked line…

Love isn’t a trial of strength and weakness

Though light into darkness

While some people remark

No worthwhile fire

Ever started without that spark