Back On My Stompin' Ground (Live On BBC "Sounds Of The Seventies" / 1974)

I've been bitten

Lord, I've been stung

I was cornered

I was almost hung

Well, I sure made my getaway

And now I'm back on my stompin' ground

It's been written

Many times it's been sung

Well, it's well learned by the old folks

And unheeded by the young

Well, the grass may be greener

But me, I just dig my stompin' ground

Alright

Well, I hear the river's swollen

The bridge is broken down

Weatherman's heartbroken

But even he can't stop me now

Won't you tell the folks I'm leaving

And I won't be long

Keep the door wide open

And you will hear the train I'm on

I've been bitten

Lordy Lord, I've been stung

That's alright, this mornin'

I'm going back to my stompin' ground

Well, I was drenched by the rain

Almost blinded by the sun

I'm too awake for walkin'

I'm much too tired to run

I just want to dig in my heels

See how it feels when I'm back on my stompin' ground

Oh, yeah

I been jailed

The last week I was sprung

Well, it is in the morning paper

Now they're lookin' all around

But that's alright

They won't catch me in my stompin' ground, oh