Well I know it, it's a shame
A shame I can't show it,
I see it, I can see
It now but I'm so far below it

Don't want to, don't want to talk about it,
I say why not,
Don't want to think about it,
I say there's got to be some good reason
For your little black backpack up,
Smack, turnaround he's on his back and

Don't want to tango with you,
I'd rather tangle with him,
I think I'm gonna bash his head in,
And this shouldn't concern
You except that just don't expect to get
Your bloody black backpack back

I can feel you, yes I can what about that
Don't you understand,
And I sense you,
Its something sensual but its less than I
Planned

Don't want to, don't want to talk about it,
I say why not,
Don't want to think about it,
I say there's got to be some good reason
For your little black backpack up,
Smack, turnaround he's on his back and

Don't want to tango with you,
I'd rather tangle with him,
I think I'm gonna bash his head in,
And this shouldn't concern
You except just don't expect to get
Your bloody black backpack back

You're trying to find a reason for the way you feel tonight,
You're mind is lined with layers of lead,
Have you heard one thing that I've said

Don't want to talk about it,
I say why not,
Don't want to think about it,
I say there's got to be some good reason
For your little black backpack up,
Smack, turnaround he's on his back and

Don't want to tango with you,
I'd rather tangle with him,
I think I'm gonna bash his head in,
And this shouldn't concern
You except just don't expect to get
Your bloody black backpack back (twice)


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    Hopefully this helps someone in the future: the “little black backpack” is the girlfriend’s ‘Go Bag,’ a small backpack with just the overnight things she’ll need while sleeping with someone else. So he’s been sitting there wondering why she takes the little black backpack with her sometimes. Meanwhile he’s feeling like there’s something fading in their relationship. Then he catches them, either in the act, or together in an affectionate way while she has the backpack with her and he puts it together. So, as men tend to do, he channels his rage into punching the guy flat out “on his back”. She’s upset, he’s mature enough to not threaten her with violence, but ultimately they break up. As is implied, she gets her stuff back but he keeps the black backpack which he harbors resentment for as the lynchpin of her infidelity.

    Jonah1973on April 18, 2022   Link

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