Stand Back - Gregg Allman

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