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Back Door Man Lyrics
I am, a back door man
I am, a back door man
Well the, men don't know, but the little girls understand
When everybody's trying to sleep
I'm somewhere making my, midnight creep
Yes in the morning, when the rooster crow
Something tell me, I got to go
I am, a back door man
I am, a back door man
Well the, men don't know, but little girls understand
They, take me to the doctor, shot full o' holes
Nurse cried, please save the soul
Killed him for murder, first degree
Judge's wife cried, let the man go free
I am, a back door man
I am, a back door man
Well the, men don't know, but little girls understand
Stand out there, cop's wife cried
Don't take him down, rather be dead
Six feets in the ground
When you come home you can eat, pork and beans
I eats mo' chicken, any man seen
I am, a back door man
I am, a back door man
I am, a back door man
Well the, men don't know, but the little girls understand
I'm somewhere making my, midnight creep
Yes in the morning, when the rooster crow
Something tell me, I got to go
I am, a back door man
Well the, men don't know, but little girls understand
Nurse cried, please save the soul
Killed him for murder, first degree
Judge's wife cried, let the man go free
I am, a back door man
Well the, men don't know, but little girls understand
Don't take him down, rather be dead
Six feets in the ground
When you come home you can eat, pork and beans
I eats mo' chicken, any man seen
I am, a back door man
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and the best version was by Howlin Wolf
Great song, but the re-make by the Doors was even better.
But Willie Dixon wrote it and that can't be taken away.
But Willie Dixon wrote it and that can't be taken away.
He is saying that he has relations (a lot) with women who are in what is often called a committed relationship with another man, and that women understand this in the sense that they are no one man's possession. Also it seems to sometimes get him shot full of holes.