Back Door Man - Dudley Taft

When ev’rybody is-a tryin' to sleep

I’m-a somewhere makin' my midnight creep

An ev’ry mo’nin when the rooster crows

He’s tellin' me that it’s the time to go

I am, the backdo' man

I am, the backdo' man

Well, the men don’t know

But the little girls they understand

(harmonica & instrumental)

Well, they took me to the doctor

Shot full of holes

The nurse she cried, 'Save his soul!'

I was 'cussed of murder in first degree

The judge wife cried, 'Let the man go free!'

I am, the backdo' man

I am, the backdo' man

Well, the men don’t know

But the little girls they understand, mmm

(guitar & instrumental)

I was accussed a-murder in the first degree

The judge wife cried, 'Let the man go free!'

The cop’s wife cried, 'Don't take him down

I’d-a rather be in six feet of ground!'

I am, the backdo' man

I am, the backdo' man

Well, the men don’t know

But the little girls they understand

(piano & instrumental)

I am, the backdo' man

I am, the backdo' man

Well, the men don’t know

But the little girls they understand

(bass & instrumental)

'Ooh!'

I am, the backdo' man

I am, the backdo' man

Well, the men don’t know

But the little girls they understand

'Ooh!'

(instrumental all to end)

I am

I am

I-I-I am

The backdo' man.