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Credits
PERFORMING ARTISTS
Gregg Allman
Organ
Duane Allman
Slide Guitar
Dickey Betts
Lead Guitar
Berry Oakley
Bass Guitar
Butch Trucks
Drums
Jaimoe J. Johanson
Drums
COMPOSITION & LYRICS
Gregg Allman
Songwriter
Berry Oakley
Songwriter
The Allman Brothers Band
Arranger
PRODUCTION & ENGINEERING
Tom Dowd
Producer
Howie Albert
Engineer
Ron Albert
Engineer
Lyrics
I recall once upon a time
Livin' was so easy and I felt so fine
My, my, my right before my very eyes
Satan came with fire to burn me
And wouldn't listen when they warned me
Dagger in my back
She's calling me honey wouldn't stand back
For neither love nor money oh yeah
Thirty minutes after my ship set sail
She put up a sign and my house began to wail
Why, why, why I couldn't see it in my little girl's eyes?
She had such a way to fool me
Lord a way to fool me
And I would ask the woman
"Can you find it in yourself to please stand back?
You ain't gonna rule me" Oh yeah
Just when all began to fade
I reached out threw the ace of spades
I put her on a train to the Everglades
Now that it's all over and gone
Somehow I just don't feel so alone
Why, why, why It seemed like such a waste of time?
She did not ever seem to know me
But now it's much too late to show me
But if I ever see that woman
Walkin down the street I'll just stand back
And try to move away slowly oh yeah
Writer(s): Gregory Allman, Raymond Oakley
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