Stand Back

Intro
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Verse 1
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I recall once upon a time
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Living was so easy and I felt so fine
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My, my, my,      right before my very eyes
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Satan came with fire to burn me
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Wouldn't listen when they warned me
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Dagger in my back while she's calling me honey
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Wouldn't stand back for neither love nor money
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Verse 2
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Thirty minutes after my ship set sail
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She put up a sign and my house began to wail
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Why, why, why      I couldn't see it in the little girl's eyes?
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She had such a way to fool me, Lord, she had a way to fool me
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And I would ask the woman, "Can you find it in yourself to please stand back?
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You ain't gonna move me"
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Bridge
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Just when all began to fade
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I reached out and threw the ace of spades
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I put her on a train to the Everglades

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Verse 3
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Now that it's all over and gone
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Somehow I just don't feel so all alone
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But, lie, lie, lie,    it seemed like such a waste of time
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She did not ever seem to know me
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Now it's much too late to show me
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But if I ever see that woman walking down the street, I'll just stand back
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And try to move away slowly
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Oh, yeah
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