Lyrics Curtis Mayfield

Curtis Mayfield

Back To The World

Back in the world

Back in the world

Back in the world

Back in the world

Crawlin’ through the trees

Stuck in mud up to the knees

Fightin’ this damn war

Wonderin’ if the Lord knows what it’s for

Six long years stretch

An’ we boys was in a hell of a mess

I gotta keep my mind; take it slow

Fightin’ hard (for) what I don’t know

I wanna get back home, I gotta get back home

Back to the world

I had a talk with little mom

Strenuous face as she began to hum

She said: ”Boy, it’s good to see ya.

My prayers must’ve been with ya.

And now that you’re back and done

Let me tell ya son

The war was never won

The war was never won”

In these city streets everywhere

You gotta be careful where you move your feet; how you part your hair

Do you think that God could never forgive this life we live?

Back in the world

Back in the world

Oh-oh-oh-oh-oh

My, my , my, my

It’s so hard, it’s so hard, it’s so hard

This life is so hard

I’ve been beaten up and robbed

“Soldier boy ain’t got no job”

Back in the world

Back in the world

Had a long old stretch of sacrifice

Gettin’ back home will be awful nice

“Chile, your woman has long been gone”

The doggone war just lasted too long

People don’t give a damn

People don’t give a damn

People don’t give a damn

So I’m standin’ here in future shock

Talkin’ ‘bout hard times, hard times, hard times

Back in the world

Oh-oh-oh-oh-oh

My, my , my, my

It’s so hard, it’s so hard, it’s so hard

This life is so hard

I been beaten up and robbed

“Soldier boy ain’t got no job”

Back in the world

Back in the world

Uh huh. Back in the world

Back in the world

Uh huh, uh huh

Oh-oh-oh-oh-oh

My, my , my, my

It’s so hard, it’s so hard, it’s so hard

This life is so hard

Back in the world

Ooh ooh ooh hoo

Ooh ooh ooh hoo