| When ev’rybody is-a tryin' to sleep
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| I’m-a somewhere makin' my midnight creep
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| An ev’ry mo’nin when the rooster crows
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| He’s tellin' me that it’s the time to go
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| I am, the backdo' man
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| I am, the backdo' man
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| Well, the men don’t know
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| But the little girls they understand
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| (harmonica & instrumental)
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| Well, they took me to the doctor
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| Shot full of holes
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| The nurse she cried, 'Save his soul!'
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| I was 'cussed of murder in first degree
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| The judge wife cried, 'Let the man go free!'
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| I am, the backdo' man
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| I am, the backdo' man
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| Well, the men don’t know
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| But the little girls they understand, mmm
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| (guitar & instrumental)
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| I was accussed a-murder in the first degree
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| The judge wife cried, 'Let the man go free!'
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| The cop’s wife cried, 'Don't take him down
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| I’d-a rather be in six feet of ground!'
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| I am, the backdo' man
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| I am, the backdo' man
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| Well, the men don’t know
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| But the little girls they understand
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| (piano & instrumental)
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| I am, the backdo' man
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| I am, the backdo' man
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| Well, the men don’t know
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| But the little girls they understand
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| (bass & instrumental)
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| 'Ooh!'
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| I am, the backdo' man
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| I am, the backdo' man
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| Well, the men don’t know
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| But the little girls they understand
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| 'Ooh!'
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| (instrumental all to end)
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| I am
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| I am
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| I-I-I am
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| The backdo' man. |