Back Up Against The Wall

I was dealing up and down the highway

'Til they caught me with a heavy load

They sentenced me to hard labor

Working 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 of your window

Honey, open up and let me in

I broke out of jail this morning

And I ain't never going 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 called Jefferson

One night we got to talking

And I asked him what he'd done

He said, "A man fell over my razor

In the middle of a barroom brawl

Don't you see it was him, not me

And my back was up against the wall"

Now I'm right outside of your window

Honey, open up and let me in

I broke out of jail this morning

And I ain't never going 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'm right outside of your window

Honey, open up and let me in

I broke out of jail this morning

And I ain't never going 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

'Cause I gotta run, you see I'm under the gun

And my back is up against the wall

Now I gotta run, you see I'm under the gun

And my back is up against the wall