The Allman Brothers Band - Stand Back lyrics

I recall once upon a time
Living was so easy and I felt so fine
My, my, my, right before my very eyes
Satan came with fire to burn me
Wouldn't listen when they warned me
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
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 and drew 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 walking down the street
I'll just stand back
And try to move away slowly oh, yeah