I Walk Proud - Laid Back

Why, why, why, why Do be do be do by dey, uh uh (4x) Walk the proud land, I Idren, with I an' I (4x) Now why you come wheel and turn me (3x) Go lick me belly 'pon the tamborina I've got to keep on movin' (4x) Won't you come an' rock with I, likkle Idren Won't you come dance with I, likkle sistren Won't you come an' rock with I (2x) Skank quadrille (4x) Do be do be why, I, I (4x) (Repeat) Give I likkle soul, oh Jah Do be do be do by dey, uh uh (Repeat and fade)

Prettier than all the world And I'm so proud (I'm so proud) I'm so proud of you You're only one fellow's girl And I'm so proud (I'm so proud) Believe me, I love you too I'm so proud of being loved by you And it would hurt, hurt to know If you ever were untrue Sweeter than the taste of a cherry so sweet And I'm so proud (I'm so proud) I'm so proud of you Compliments to you from all the people we meet Yes, and I'm so proud (I'm so proud) Believe me, I love you too I'm so proud of being loved by you I'm so proud of being loved by you And it would hurt, hurt to know If you ever were untrue Sweeter than the taste of a cherry so sweet And I'm so proud (I'm so proud) I'm so proud of you Compliments to you from all the people we meet Yes, and I'm so proud (I'm so proud) Believe me, I love you too Sweeter than the taste of a cherry so sweet And I'm so proud (I'm so proud) I'm so proud of you Compliments to you from all the people we meet Yes, and I'm so proud (I'm so proud) Believe me, I love you too

Sweeter than all, all the world And I'm so proud I'm so proud of you I'm only one fellows girl And I'm so proud (I'm so proud) I'm so proud of you I'm so proud of being loved by you And it would hurt, hurt to know If you ever were untrue Sweeter than the taste of a cherry so sweet And I'm so proud (I'm so proud) I'm so proud of you Compliments to you from all the people that we meet Oh, and I'm so proud Honey, I love you too (I'm so proud) I'm so proud of being loved by you Ooh, ooh I'm so proud of being loved by you Baby I'm so proud of being loved Baby, I'm so proud of you Baby, I'm so proud to love you ? Cause it just the way you hold me ? Cause it just the way you touch me I'm so proud of being loved I'm so proud of you I, baby, I'm so proud Oh, ho I'm so proud of being loved You know that I'm so proud, baby boy

For sale by owner sign On highway fifty-nine A signal of the times A turnin' of the page There used to be nothin' here But then nothin' disappeared The pond, the barn, the farm, the fields Have long since been replaced Asphalt parking where that ten pew, Pentecostal stood Fast food, four lanes and a subdivided neighborhood The walls of the world are closin' in The spreadin' city spreads us thin We can't seem to make our ends, meet the black Never would've thought it wouldn't last The way of life, time moved past What I wouldn't give to have, the back 40 back Maybe I'm a sucker for Knowing who lives next door A view from my back porch A pinch of peace and quiet I can't get back the used to be's So I hang on to the memories Of when I could still look up And see the stars not streetlights shinin' The walls of the world are closin' in The spreadin' city spreads us thin We can't seem to make our ends, meet the black Never woulda thought it wouldn't last The way of life, time moved past What I wouldn't give to have, the back 40 back Now I get that progress has it's place And no regard for what it takes Wish it would slow it's pace and cut us all some slack 'Cause it's all changing way too fast A way of life that time moved past What I wouldn't give to have the back forty back