Back Door Man Lyrics

Back Door Man 6.08 Trk 1
(Willie Dixon)
Willie Dixon
Chess Records 1970, reissue
Abner - Spector ('360 Sound')
Columbia Legacy ' Roots and Blues' CK 53627
Willie Dixon - vocal w/Chicago All-stars:
Johnny Shines - guitar, Walter 'Shakey' Horton - harmonica
Sunnyland Slim, Lafayette Leake - piano
And Clifton James - drumsI-I-I am the, the backdoor man
I-I-I am, the backdoor man
Well, the men don't know
But the little girls they understandWhen ev'rybody is-a tryin' to sleep
I'm-a somewhere makin' my midnight creep
An ev'ry mo'nin when the rooster crows
He's tellin' me that it's the time to goI am, the backdo' man
I am, the backdo' man
Well, the men don't know

But the little girls they understand(harmonica & instrumental)Well, they took me to the doctor
Shot full of holes
The nurse she cried, 'Save his soul!'
I was 'cussed of murder in first degree
The judge wife cried, 'Let the man go free!'I am, the backdo' man
I am, the backdo' man
Well, the men don't know
But the little girls they understand, mmm(guitar & instrumental)I was accussed a-murder in the first degree
The judge wife cried, 'Let the man go free!'
The cop's wife cried, 'Don't take him down
I'd-a rather be in six feet of ground!'I am, the backdo' man
I am, the backdo' man
Well, the men don't know
But the little girls they understand(piano & instrumental)I am, the backdo' man
I am, the backdo' man
Well, the men don't know
But the little girls they understand(bass & instrumental)'Ooh!'I am, the backdo' man
I am, the backdo' man
Well, the men don't know
But the little girls they understand'Ooh!'(instrumental all to end)I am
I am
I-I-I am
The backdo' man.~