Slide Over Backwards

Oh Lord, oh Hmm Slide over backwards Slide over backwards Slide over backwards Slide over backwards I was just a little girl A-making my own way 16 years or more I had But nothing left to say I raised myself up, almost lived on po'boys too New Orleans ain't a place to live If you never been to school And I said Slide over backwards Slide over backwards Slide over backwards Let me ride People gotta tell you Slide over backwards Slide over backwards Ride over backwards Let me ride Daddy was a working man He worked since he was five He dropped his wings on my train one day And never learned to fly I wonder what it takes to be Someone who knows why The earth ain't round unless you can Teach yourself to fly And I said Slide over backwards (ooh, yea) Slide over backwards (oh-oh, lord) Drive over backwards Let me ride People gotta tell you Slide over backwards Slide over backwards (Sometimes you gotta be free) drive over backwards Let me ride Ever seen a lifetime you gotta be strong Some days in lifetime you gotta be brave Dig, get on your knees sometimes Sometimes you even got to pray Lord knows, Lord knows what it is sometimes (ooh yeah) Sometimes I feel like I'm going down, going down Going down for the very last time Don't know what it is, don't know what it is Sometimes, sometimes I feel like going down Lord know, Lord knows what it is sometimes Sometimes I feel like I'm going down, going down Going down for the very last time Sometimes I feel like I'm going down (down in my heart and brain) Drive over backwards (let me ride) Slide over backwards Drive over backwards (ride) Let me ride Slide over backwards (ride) Let me ride (ride) Let me ride