《Back Road Into Town(Single Version)》歌词

[00:00:00] Back Road Into Town (回乡的路) (Single Version) - The Staple Singers

[00:00:13] I asked Mama many times

[00:00:16] What kept Papa so far behind

[00:00:20] What in the world was holding my Daddy down

[00:00:26] Papa always dropped his head

[00:00:29] Lord he seemed so afraid

[00:00:32] Like he was carryin' a heavy burden all the time

[00:00:39] There was a man up in the big house

[00:00:43] Papa was afraid to speak out

[00:00:46] The man kept my Daddy's nose right on the ground

[00:00:52] Yeah your Papa he was mighty good

[00:00:56] He was doin' the best he could

[00:01:00] All his life he lived just for you

[00:01:06] Twelve kids he had a heavy load

[00:01:10] He couldn't walk the front road

[00:01:13] On his face he always wore a frown

[00:01:19] It was for you and the others too

[00:01:22] He was tryin' to make it through

[00:01:26] He had to take the back road into town

[00:01:33] Every year your Papa would say

[00:01:36] Next year I'm gonna move away

[00:01:39] I wanna take my children away from here

[00:01:45] He said I've almost lost my fear

[00:01:48] I think I see my way clear

[00:01:52] I'm gonna take a stand and be a man

[00:01:58] But then the man would come from the big house

[00:02:02] Daddy would always back out

[00:02:06] And end up right again behind the plow

[00:02:12] Twelve kids he had a heavy load

[00:02:15] He couldn't walk the front road

[00:02:19] On his face he always wore a frown

[00:02:25] It was for you and the others too

[00:02:28] He was tryin' to make it through

[00:02:32] He had to take the back road into town

[00:02:39] When he finally made up his mind

[00:02:42] Your Daddy had wasted too much time

[00:02:45] Your Papa just put it off a little too long

[00:02:51] 'Cause all the years that Papa was sleepin'

[00:02:54] The time kept right on creepin'

[00:02:58] 'Til it was time for him to lay his body down

[00:03:04] He did it all against his will

[00:03:07] He got lost back in them fields

[00:03:11] My Daddy never made it into town

[00:03:18] Twelve kids he had a heavy load

[00:03:21] He couldn't walk the front road

[00:03:25] On his face he always wore a frown

[00:03:31] It was for you and the others too

[00:03:34] He was tryin' to make it through

[00:03:38] He had to take the back road into town

[00:03:44] Twelve kids he had a heavy load

[00:03:48] He couldn't walk the front road

[00:03:51] On his face he always wore a frown

[00:03:57] It was for you and the others too

[00:04:00] He was tryin' to make it through

[00:04:04] He had to take the back road into town

[00:04:09] Twelve kids he had a heavy load