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Artist: John Martyn
Canonical path: /john-martyn/blackman-at-your-shoulder
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Blackman At Your Shoulder
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Blackman At Your Shoulder
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One, two
Close to each other
One, two, three, four
One
Have you seen
Seen the black man
At your shoulder
Coming closer and closer
With every passing day
Ain’t you scared
Of the black man by your shoulder
Breathing down hard on you, wherever you be
With every passing day
Your distance you get not used to
You toss in your head with a flick of the wrist
All the way
Baby, ain’t you scared
Scared of the black man
By your shoulder
He is going to steal your woman
Steal your woman away
Ain’t you scared
Of the black man by your shoulder
Breathing down hard on you
Wherever you, hard, wherever you be
Every passing day
You’re trying to search for him
Turn him loose
But the quick brown fox
Is going to steal your booze away
Baby ain’t you scared
Scared of the black man
Standing by your shoulder
Going to steal your woman
Steal your woman away
Well the language is strange
But your average isn’t
You toss in your head with a flick of the wrist
All the way home
All the way, off the key
Ain’t you scared
Scared of the black man
By your shoulder
It’s getting harder every day, every day
The language is strange
But your average isn’t
You toss in your head with a flick of the wrist
All the way home, all the way home
All the way home
Baby ain’t you scared
Scared of the black man
By your shoulder, shoulder, shoulder
Baby ain’t you scared
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