Back Road Into Town (Single Version)-The Staple Singers

[ti:Back Road Into Town (Single Version)] [ar:The Staple Singers] [al:The Very Best Of The Staple Singers] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]Back Road Into Town (回乡的路) (Single Version) - The Staple Singers [00:13.88]I asked Mama many times [00:16.03] [00:16.73]What kept Papa so far behind [00:19.78] [00:20.42]What in the world was holding my Daddy down [00:24.23] [00:26.39]Papa always dropped his head [00:28.82] [00:29.89]Lord he seemed so afraid [00:32.30] [00:32.96]Like he was carryin' a heavy burden all the time [00:37.27] [00:39.76]There was a man up in the big house [00:42.26] [00:43.28]Papa was afraid to speak out [00:45.51] [00:46.49]The man kept my Daddy's nose right on the ground [00:50.50] [00:52.97]Yeah your Papa he was mighty good [00:55.04] [00:56.34]He was doin' the best he could [00:58.63] [01:00.31]All his life he lived just for you [01:03.56] [01:06.21]Twelve kids he had a heavy load [01:08.94] [01:10.27]He couldn't walk the front road [01:12.43] [01:13.37]On his face he always wore a frown [01:16.75] [01:19.26]It was for you and the others too [01:21.53] [01:22.70]He was tryin' to make it through [01:24.38] [01:26.42]He had to take the back road into town [01:29.83] [01:33.99]Every year your Papa would say [01:35.47] [01:36.71]Next year I'm gonna move away [01:38.13] [01:39.52]I wanna take my children away from here [01:43.13] [01:45.62]He said I've almost lost my fear [01:47.90] [01:48.69]I think I see my way clear [01:51.31] [01:52.64]I'm gonna take a stand and be a man [01:56.25] [01:58.25]But then the man would come from the big house [02:01.42] [02:02.66]Daddy would always back out [02:04.63] [02:06.02]And end up right again behind the plow [02:09.63] [02:12.00]Twelve kids he had a heavy load [02:14.59] [02:15.93]He couldn't walk the front road [02:17.96] [02:19.23]On his face he always wore a frown [02:22.78] [02:25.14]It was for you and the others too [02:27.43] [02:28.77]He was tryin' to make it through [02:30.70] [02:32.06]He had to take the back road into town [02:35.87] [02:39.72]When he finally made up his mind [02:41.16] [02:42.20]Your Daddy had wasted too much time [02:44.30] [02:45.35]Your Papa just put it off a little too long [02:49.11] [02:51.57]'Cause all the years that Papa was sleepin' [02:54.02] [02:54.72]The time kept right on creepin' [02:57.30] [02:58.14]'Til it was time for him to lay his body down [03:02.11] [03:04.72]He did it all against his will [03:07.08] [03:07.86]He got lost back in them fields [03:10.48] [03:11.61]My Daddy never made it into town [03:15.67] [03:18.17]Twelve kids he had a heavy load [03:20.79] [03:21.98]He couldn't walk the front road [03:23.85] [03:25.17]On his face he always wore a frown [03:28.71] [03:31.15]It was for you and the others too [03:33.40] [03:34.58]He was tryin' to make it through [03:36.62] [03:38.38]He had to take the back road into town [03:41.84] [03:44.50]Twelve kids he had a heavy load [03:47.27] [03:48.27]He couldn't walk the front road [03:50.23] [03:51.53]On his face he always wore a frown [03:55.24] [03:57.45]It was for you and the others too [03:59.82] [04:00.83]He was tryin' to make it through [04:03.32] [04:04.52]He had to take the back road into town [04:08.03] [04:09.43]Twelve kids he had a heavy load