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@24 TV Written by Sonny Curtis. Lyrics below:
Sonny Curtis also wrote "I Fought the Law", "More Than I Can Say', "Walk Right Back" (Everly Brothers), and the theme from The Mary Tyler Moore Show, "Love is All Around".

Sonny Curtis also co-wrote the 1987 Country Song of the Year "I'm No Stranger To The Rain" recorded by the late Keith Whitley.
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Sometimes I imagine myself as a drifter
Seeker of fortune, connoisseur of great wine.
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 of bob
Treating the ladies to corn on the cob.
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 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 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.