Lyrics Mavis Staples

Mavis Staples

Little Bit

This life surrounds you

Guns are loaded

This kind of tension

Hard not to notice

Right, do what you're told

Gotta keep your eyes wide

On this long, narrow road

Little bit too high (Little bit)

A little bit too low (Little bit)

Get a little bit out of line (Little bit)

But baby won't it home

Poor kid, they caught him

Without his license

That ain't why they shot him

They say he was fighting

So, that's what we're told

But we all know

That ain't how the story goes

(Ha) Mhm, a little bit too high (Little bit)

A little bit too bold (Little bit)

A little bit out of line (Little bit)

Now my baby won't make it home

Whole life surrounds you

Hard not to notice

Pay attention to the

Path before us

Little bit too high baby (Little bit)

Little bit too low (Little bit)

Little bit out of line (Little bit)

But baby won't make it a home

You feel surrounded

Maybe you're confused

Maybe you're confounded

What is there to do

Little bit from you (Little bit)

A little bit from me (Little bit)

Simple as it gets (Little bit)

We set each other free

(Little bit)

(Little bit)

Little bit from you (Little bit)

From me (Little bit)

Simple as it get (Little bit)

Selling[?] each other free