(What they do!)

(They smile in your face)

All the time they want

to take your place

The back stabbers

(back stabbers)

(They smile in your face)

All the time they want

to take your place

The back stabbers

(back stabbers)

All you fellows

who have someone

and you really care,

yeah, yeah

Then it's all of you fellows

who better beware, yeah yeah

Somebody's out

to get your lady

A few of your buddies

they sure look shady

Blades are long,

clenched tight in their fist

Aimin' straight at your back

And I don't think they'll miss

(What they do!)

(They smile in your face)

All the time they want

to take your place

The back stabbers

(back stabbers)

I keep gettin'

all these visits

from my friends, yeah,

what they doin' to me

They come

to 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 comin'

What can I do

to get on the right track

I wish they'd take

some of these knives off my back

(What they do!)

(They smile in your face)

All the time they want

to take your place

The back stabbers

(back stabbers)

Ah ah ah ah

Low down dirty

(What they do!)

(They smile in your face)

Smiling faces...

smiling faces

sometimes tell lies

(Back stabbers)

(They smile in your face)

I don't need low down,

dirty bastards

(Back stabbers)

(They smile in your face)

Down down down down...

Songwriters: John Lee h r Al Smith