slide over backwards

oh lord

ride over backwards

ride over backwards

ride over backwards

ride over backwards

i was just a little girl

a-making my own way

16 years or more i had

nothing left to say

i raised myself up almost

lived on po'boys too

new orleans ain't a place to live

if you never been to school

and i said

ride over backwards

slide over backwards

ride over backwards

let me ride

people gotta tell you

slide over backwards

slide over backwards

ride over backwards

let me ride

daddy was a working man

he worked since he was 5

he dropped his wings on my train one day

and never learned to fly

i wonder what it takes to be

someone who knows why

the earth ain't round

unless you can

teach yourself to fly

and i said

ride over backwards

slide over backwards

slide over backwards

let me ride

people gotta tell you

slide over backwards

slide over backwards

slide over backwards

let me ride

some days in a lifetime you gotta be strong

some days in lifetime you gotta be brave

dig on your knees sometimes

sometimes you even gotta pray

lord what it is what it is

sometimes i feel like i'm going down

going down

going down for the very last time

oh don't know what it is

don't know what it is

sometimes i feel like going down

deep in my heart i pray

ride over backwards.