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Back Stabbers (album version) Lyrics
What they doing?
They're smiling in your face.
All the time, they wanna take your place.
The back stabbers. (Back stabbers)
They're smiling in your face.
All the time, they wanna take your place.
The back stabbers. (Back stabbers)
All you fellas who have someone
And you really care.
Yeah, yeah.
Then it's all of you fellas who better beware.
Yeah, yeah.
Somebody's out to get your lady.
A few of your buddies, they sho' look shady.
The blades are long, clenched tight in their fists.
Aiming straight at your back and I don't think they'll miss.
What they doing?
They're smiling in your face.
All the time, they wanna take your place.
The back stabbers. (Back stabbers)
I keep getting all these visits from my friends.
Yeah, what they doing to me?
They come my house again and again and again, and again.
Yeah.
So are they there to see my woman?
I don't even be home, but they just keep on coming.
What can I do to get on the right track?
I wish they'd take some of these knives off my back.
What they doing?
They're smiling in your face.
All the time, they wanna take your place.
The back stabbers. (Back stabbers)
Ahhh, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah.
Low down, dirty.
What they doing?
They're smiling in your face.
Smiling faces.
Smiling faces sometimes tell lies. (Back stabbers)
They're smiling in your face.
Doggone mean, low down, dirty, nasty. (Back stabbers)
(They're smiling in your face.) Da-da, da-da-da.
Da-da-da-da-da-da-da. (Back stabbers)
Might be your neighbor. (They're smiling in your face.)
Your next door neighbor, yeah, yeah, (Back stabbers)
Might be dirty. (They're smiling in your face.)
Dirty
They're smiling in your face.
All the time, they wanna take your place.
The back stabbers. (Back stabbers)
They're smiling in your face.
All the time, they wanna take your place.
The back stabbers. (Back stabbers)
And you really care.
Yeah, yeah.
Then it's all of you fellas who better beware.
Yeah, yeah.
A few of your buddies, they sho' look shady.
The blades are long, clenched tight in their fists.
Aiming straight at your back and I don't think they'll miss.
They're smiling in your face.
All the time, they wanna take your place.
The back stabbers. (Back stabbers)
Yeah, what they doing to me?
They come my house again and again and again, and again.
Yeah.
I don't even be home, but they just keep on coming.
What can I do to get on the right track?
I wish they'd take some of these knives off my back.
They're smiling in your face.
All the time, they wanna take your place.
The back stabbers. (Back stabbers)
Low down, dirty.
They're smiling in your face.
Smiling faces.
Smiling faces sometimes tell lies. (Back stabbers)
They're smiling in your face.
Doggone mean, low down, dirty, nasty. (Back stabbers)
(They're smiling in your face.) Da-da, da-da-da.
Da-da-da-da-da-da-da. (Back stabbers)
Might be your neighbor. (They're smiling in your face.)
Your next door neighbor, yeah, yeah, (Back stabbers)
Might be dirty. (They're smiling in your face.)
Dirty
Song Info
Copyright
Lyrics © Sony/atv Music Publishing Llc, Warner Chappell Music, Inc.
Writer
Leon Huff, Gene Mcfadden, John Whitehead
Duration
3:06
Submitted by
rhuba25 On Sep 11, 2025
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