No Straight Lines

I ain't walkin' no straight lines ain't walkin' no straight lines The only way to heaven The only way to heaven The only way to heaven ain't walkin' no straight lines I used to sell dirt to farmers Medicine to doctors I used to sell sin to fathers And I used to sell drugs to their daughters And now I'm tryin' to buy my soul back One song at a time But God knows the only way to heaven ain't walkin' no straight lines It takes a crooked path, a broken man Without a light inside the dark It takes a prison cell, a poison well And a witchy woman with a ke-ke to his heart It takes a whole lifetime for some of us But compared to what he gives, it don't take much No, it don't take much Don't take much No, it don't take much Don't take much No, it don't take much No, it don't take much It don't take much I used to sell dirt to farmers Medicine to doctors I used to sell sin to fathers And I used to sell drugs to their daughters Now I'm tryin' to buy my soul back One song at a time But God knows the only way to heaven I ain't walkin' no straight lines It takes more scars than there are stars in the sky Sometimes it takes more tears than one mother can cry It takes your pain, it takes your pride It takes your fears, it takes your spite It takes your rage, it takes anxiety Depression, your addiction, and obsession Yeah, sometimes it takes the life right out of us But compared to what we get, it don't take much No, it don't take much No, it don't take much No, it don't take much Compared to what we get, it don't take much No, it don't take much No, it don't take much No, it don't take much