i walk a crooked road to get where i am going to get where i am going i must walk a crooked road and only when i m looking back i see the straight and narrow i see the straight and narrow when i walk a crooked road i sing a lonesome song to anyone who ll listen to anyone who ll listen i ll sing my lonesome song and when i hear you singing too the sorrow sounds so hopeful the sorrow sounds so hopeful when i sing my lonesome song and a lonesome song will be my true companion when all else has abandoned for singing of their own and a lonesome song will fill my days with gladness make joy out of sadness when i sing this lonesome song to you i love with all my heart there is no way of stopping i have no way of stopping i just love with all my heart through the broken and the beautiful the bad news and the good news the bad new and the good news is i love with all my heart and a loving heart will be my true companion when all else has abandoned for loving of their own and a loving heart will fill my days with gladness make joy out of sadness when i bring this loving heart to you i long to be a happy man in this life that i ve been given in this life that i ve been given i long to be a happy man when the noise turns to stillness i see i have the makings i see i have the makings to be one happy man and a happy man will be my true companion when all else has abandoned for happy of their own and a happy man will fill my days with gladness make joy out of sadness when i show this happy man and a happy man will be my true companion when all else has abandoned for happy of their own and a happy man will fill my days with gladness make joy out of sadness when i bring this happy man to you i walk a crooked road to get where i am going to get where i am going i must walk a crooked road and only when i m looking back i see the straight and narrow i see the straight and narrow when i walk a crooked road