Back to the World (2014 Japan Remaster)-Curtis Mayfield

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[00:00.00]Back to the World (2014 Japan Remaster) - Curtis Mayfield
[00:12.50]Written by：Curtis Mayfield
[00:25.00]Back in the world
[00:30.80]Back in the world
[00:36.73]Back in the world
[00:42.49]Back in the world
[00:46.09]Crawlin' through the trees
[00:48.71]Stuck in mud up to the knees
[00:51.94]Fightin' this damn war
[00:54.03]Wonderin' if the Lord knows what it's for
[00:57.14]Six long years stretch
[01:00.22]And we boys was in a hell of a mess
[01:03.31]I gotta keep my mind take it slow
[01:06.76]Fightin' hard for what I don't know
[01:10.25]I wanna get back home gotta get back home
[01:14.62]Back to the world
[01:21.07]I had a talk with little mom
[01:23.46]Strenuous face as she began to hum
[01:26.70]She said boy it's good to see ya
[01:29.34]My prayers must've been with ya
[01:32.46]And now that you're back and done
[01:35.89]Let me tell ya son
[01:38.96]The war was never won
[01:41.75]The war was never won
[01:44.36]In these city streets everywhere
[01:49.77]You gotta be careful where you move your feet how you part your hair
[01:55.95]Do you really think that God could never forgive this life we live
[02:02.72]Back in the world
[02:03.97]Back in the world
[02:07.09]My my my my
[02:12.11]It's so hard it's so hard it's so hard
[02:16.25]This life is so hard
[02:19.24]I've been beaten up and robbed
[02:22.06]Soldier boy ain't got no job
[02:26.05]Back in the world
[02:30.76]Had a long stretch of sacrifice
[02:33.83]Gettin' back home will be awful nice
[02:36.54]Child your woman has long been gone
[02:39.47]The doggone war just lasted too long
[02:44.11]People don't give a damn
[02:47.38]People don't give a damn
[02:50.11]People don't give a damn
[02:53.59]So I'm standin' here in future shock
[03:00.09]It can give the mind an awful knock
[03:05.37]Talkin' 'bout hard times hard times hard times
[03:12.02]Back in the world
[03:19.54]My my my my my my
[03:23.63]It's so hard it's so hard
[03:26.19]This life is so hard
[03:29.44]I been beaten up and robbed
[03:32.11]Soldier boy ain't got no job
[03:35.91]Back in the world
[03:40.36]Back in the world
[03:44.85]Uh huh back in the world
[03:52.93]Back in the world
[04:05.99]My my my my
[04:08.53]It's so hard it's so hard it's so hard
[04:13.90]This life is so hard
[04:17.65]Back in the world
[04:42.45]Back in the world
[04:44.50]Back in the world
[04:51.00]Forgiveness instead of amnesty
[04:53.65]Simple words that seem so clear to me
[04:56.41]Forgive our country Mississippi Bay
[04:59.28]Forgive your man wastin' love for hate
[05:02.34]Truth from honesty is true
[05:08.10]We'd don't seem to know what to do do
[05:12.69]Yeah yeah yeah
[05:16.60]Back in the world