Lyric Back Up Against The Wall

(J.R. Cobb/Buddy Buie)

I was dealin up and down the highway
Till they caught me with a heavy load
They sentenced me to hard labor
Workin on the side of the road
Now I don t deny I was guilty
And I know I broke the law
I was hungry and broke and couldn t see no hope
And my back was up against the wall

Now I m right outside your window
Honey open up and let me in
I broke out of jail this mornin
And I ain t never goin back again
I just had to stop by for a minute
And I can t stay long at all
Cause I gotta run you see I m under the gun
And my back is up against the wall

I was shackled to a three-time loser
A man named Jefferson
One night we got to talkin
And I asked him what he d done
He said a man fell over my razor
In the middle of a barroom brawl
But don t you see it was him or me
And my back was up against the wall

Now I m right outside your window
Honey open up and let me in
I broke out of jail this mornin
And I ain t never goin back again
I just had to stop by for a minute
And I can t stay long at all
Cause I gotta run you see I m under the gun
And my back is up against the wall

Now I m right outside your window
Honey open up and let me in
I broke out of jail this mornin
And I ain t never goin back again
I just had to stop by for a minute
And I can t stay long at all
Cause I gotta run you see I m under the gun
And my back is up against the wall
I gotta run you see I m under the gun
And my back is up against the wall
Yeah I gotta run you see I m under the gun
And my back is up against the wall