Back Door Man

by Willie Dixon recording of 1962 from The Rocking Chair (Vogue 600111) I am, a back door man I am, a back door man Well the, men don't know, but the little girls understand When everybody's tryin' to sleep I'm somewhere making my, midnight creep Yes in the morning, when the rooster crow Something tell me, I got to go I am, a back door man I am, a back door man Well the, men don't know, but little girls understand They, take me to the doctor, shot full o' holes Nurse cried, please save the soul Killed him for murder, first degree Judge's wife cried, let the man go free I am, a back door man I am, a back door man Well the, men don't know, but little girls understand Stand out there, cop's wife cried Don't take him down, rather be dead Six feets in the ground When you come home you can eat, pork and beans I eats mo' chicken, any man seen I am, a back door man I am, a back door man

 

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