Allman Brothers Band Stand Back
(Gregg Allman, Berry Oakley) I recall once upon a time Livin' was so easy and I felt so fine But, my, my, my Right before my very eyes Satan came with fire to burn me Wouldn't listen when they warned me A dagger in my back While she's calling me honey wouldn't stand back For neither love nor money Thirty minutes after my ship set sail She put up a sign and my house began to wail But, why, why, why I couldn't see it in my little girl's eyes? She had such a way to fool me Lord, she had 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" 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 But, lie, lie, lie 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
