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


[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.