Back To The Wall Song Lyrics and Chords by Tammy Wynette
Back To The Wall
Recorded by Tammy Wynette
Written by Larry Bastian
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I've heard all your answers but there's one thing I wish you'd
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explain
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How you sign a few papers and wash seven years down the
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drain
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Pack up a few things and just walk away from it
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all
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You with your freedom and me with my back to the
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wall
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suppose in my mind I could find things that I didn't
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do
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But I heard it said somewhere that hindsight's a fool's point of
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view
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And the point is it's over and you've walked away standin'
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tall
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You with your reasons and me with my back to the
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wall
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And
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you're leavin' me with a mind full of dreams made of
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sand
Headache and heartbreak and all kinds of time on my
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hands
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I just sit in the back row and wait for the curtain to
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fall
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You've got the future and I've got my back to the
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wall
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But you can't pick a wild flower and not have it wither and
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die
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Or build a sand castle that won't wash away with the
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tide
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And you can't keep a wild bird from leavin' at the first signs of
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fall
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You've got your freedom and I've got my back to the
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wall
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You've got your freedom and I've got my back to the
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wall
FAQ
Who sang the the song Back To The Wall?
- The song Back To The Wall was sang by Tammy Wynette.
Who is Tammy Wynette?
- Tammy Wynette (born Virginia Wynette Pugh May 5, 1942 - April 6, 1998) was an American country music singer-songwriter and musician and was one of country music's best-known artists and biggest-selling female singers.
Wynette was called the "First Lady of Country Music", and her best-known song, "Stand by Your Man", is one of the best-selling hit singles by a woman in the history of country music. Many of her hits dealt with themes of loneliness, divorce, and the difficulties of life and relationships. During the late 1960s and early 1970s, Wynette charted 20 number-one songs on the Billboard Country Chart. Along with Loretta Lynn, Lynn Anderson, and Dolly Parton, she is credited with having defined the role of women in country music during the 1970s.
Wynette's marriage to country music singer George Jones in 1969 created a country music "couple", following the earlier success of Johnny Cash and June Carter Cash. Though they divorced in 1975, the couple recorded a sequence of albums and singles together that hit the charts throughout the 1970s and early 1980s.
