[Verse 1]
If you ask me why I lie to you
I couldn't tell you I don't know myself
Its amazingly dishonest
But I'd have to recognize it
As part of myself

[Verse 2]
Straighten up
Why can't you straighten up
I've heard you tell me this
So many times
It doesn't even stick
I get it all the time
I get it all the time
You know I love to make
A joke of it

[Verse 3]
And if you ask me why I hurt you
I don't understand it
I can't help myself
Its a special combination
Of predatory instinct
And simple ill will
[Chorus]
I would give some thought to it
If I thought that it might do me
Some good
Some good

[Verse 4]
Straighten up
Why can't you straighten up
You always say I'll lose
Control of it
And thirty is not too old

[Chorus]
Well, Mama, I would give some thought to it
If I thought that it might do me
Some good
Some good
Some good
Some good