Stand Back

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