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DON’T LOOK BACK
Words & Music © 2021 by RWGathman (BMI)
All rights reserved worldwide.

Really don’t remember the day – really can’t recall the time
But Daddy once done told me – when I was just a lad
“Boy, don’t pay no never mind”

“Always do whatever they say – never talk back to The Man”
But Daddy never told me the price I’d pay
If ever – I done took a stand

One night they come for my Mama
Daddy, he just – step aside
But I hear her scream – grab The Man’s gun
Stuck that sucker right in his side
Next thing I remember – gun goin’ off
Watchin’ his eyes as he died

I turn to my Daddy and cry
Mama just tells me to run
I look out the window – the law’s comin’ fast
Sheriff out there – pullin’ his gun

Deputies hollerin’ – surrounding the place
Light’s in my eyes – screams in my ears
“Now look here, boy – see what you done”

One look – I just run away
Ain’t never slept a minute – it’s true
All I ever learned – you don’t look back
Someone might be gainin’ on you

Yeah, all I been learnin’ since then
Only thing I know how to do
Never slow down – and don’t look back
Someone might be gainin’ on you

So all my life – been on the run
Never had me nothin’ since then
Some days I get to wonderin’ – why do you think
Some folks got nothin’ to spend

Never had me nothin’ – to call my own
Wonderin’ how it’s all gonna end

Mama – are you thinkin’ of me
Daddy – are you wonderin’ why
Never learned the lessons you taught me
Never learned to take The Man’s side

Daddy what you told me is true
No matter what it takes – don’t look back
Someone might be gainin’ on you

Really don’t remember the day – really can’t recall the time
But Daddy once told me – when I was just a lad
“Boy, don’t pay no never mind”

“Always do whatever they say
Never talk back to The Man”
But Daddy never told me the price I’d pay
If ever – I done took a stand

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from The Long Road Home, released December 15, 2021
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All song & album selections written expressly for
The Front Porch Country Band by RWGathman.
All music & lyrics © 2021 by RWGathman (BMI).
All rights reserved worldwide.

Produced by William John Christian
exclusively for USAgency Entertainment.
Recorded, mixed, and mastered at Green Valley Recording Studios.
Studio engineering on all tracks by Richard Rupert (MFSA).

A USAgency Entertainment Production
© 2021 USAgency, Inc. (BMI)
All rights reserved worldwide.

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The Front Porch Country Band is the American band formed in 2001 and comprised of six seasoned stage and studio musicians brought together from successful solo careers to record and perform as one group. Their music expands the notion of "country music" with influences of rock, pop, folk and Americana, with each member playing a variety of instruments and sharing time on lead vocals. ... more

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