The Allman Brothers Band

Back Where It All Begins

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Back Where It All Begins Lyrics

Say you want to be a rolling stone
Get your sail out in the wind
Get out on the highway and let 'er roll on
Roll on back to someplace you ain't never been
Hey, hey

When I was younger I was hard to hold
Seem like I was always goin'
Which ever way the wind would blow
Now that travelin' spirit calls me again

Callin' me back to where it all begins

Moon rise and sun go down
Turn my whole world around
Little star up in the sky
Tell my sweet baby please don't cry
Please don't cry

Moon rise and sun go down
Turn my whole world around
Little star up in the sky
Tell my sweet baby please don't cry
Please don't cry

Travel out across the burnin' sand
Cross the ocean to some distant land
We'll reach the end we'll all be singin'
and we'll all be friends
Back where it all begins

Back where it all begins

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by zepp rules

20y ago

I'm surprised nobody's commented on this, if you haven't heard this song, I strongly recommend it, this solo is awesome

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by axround3r

17y ago

great track

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by mtnjam74

16y ago

Such a great tune. The break before the last verse where everything comes to a slowdown and then picks up again is musical bliss to my ears. It always makes me smile and I truly get the sense of a new begining, hence the name of the song. Well done Dickey!

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