I-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 understand

When 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 go

I am the backdo ＇ man

I am the backdo ＇ man

Well the men don ＇ t know

But the little girls they understand

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

I was accussed a-murder in the first degree

The judge wife cried ＇ Let the man go free ＇

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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

I am the backdo ＇ man

I am the backdo ＇ man

Well the men don ＇ t know

But the little girls they understand

＇ Ooh ＇

I am I am the backdo ＇ man