歌曲名 Back Road Into Town

歌手名 The Staple Singers

I asked Mama many times

What kept Papa so far behind

What in the world was holding my Daddy down

Papa always dropped his head

Lord he seemed so afraid

Like he was carryin apos a heavy burden all the time

There was a man up in the big house

Papa was afraid to speak out

The man kept my Daddy apos nose right on the ground

Yeah your Papa he was mighty good

He was doin apos the best he could

All his life he lived just for you

Twelve kids he had a heavy load

He couldn apost walk the front road

On his face he always wore a frown

It was for you and the others too

He was tryin apos to make it through

He had to take the back road into town

Every year your Papa would say

Next year I apos gonna move away

I wanna take my children away from here

He said I aposve almost lost my fear

I think I see my way clear

I aposm gonna take a stand and be a man

But then the man would come from the big house

Daddy would always back out

And end up right again behind the plow

Twelve kids he had a heavy load

He could apost walk the front road

On his face he always wore a frown

It was for you and the others too

He was tryin apos to make it through

He had to take the back road into town

When he finally made up his mind

Your Daddy had wasted too much time

Your Papa just put it off a little too long

Apos Cause all the years that Papa was sleepin apos

The time kept right on creepin apos

Til it was time for him to lay his body down

He did it all against his will

He got lost back in them fields

My Daddy never made it into town

Twelve kids he had a heavy load

He could apost walk the front road

On his face he always wore a frown

It was for you and the others too

He was tryin apos to make it through

He had to take the back road into town

Twelve kids he had a heavy load

He could apost walk the front road

On his face he always wore a frown

It was for you and the others too

He was tryin apos to make it through

He had to take the back road into town

Twelve kids he had a heavy load