Back to the World(Remastered) - Curtis Mayfield

[00:0.0]Back to the World - Curtis Mayfield
[00:12.5]Written by：Curtis Mayfield
[00:25.0]Back in the world
[00:30.8]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
[01:00.37]And we boys was in a hell of a mess
[01:05.52]I gotta keep my mind take it slow
[01:11.27]Fightin' hard for what I don't know
[01:17.08]I wanna get back home gotta get back home
[01:24.37]Back to the world
[01:35.12]I had a talk with little mom
[01:39.1]Strenuous face as she began to hum
[01:44.5]She said boy it's good to see ya
[01:48.9]My prayers must've been with ya
[01:54.1]And now that you're back and done
[01:59.82]Let me tell ya son
[01:64.93]The war was never won
[01:69.58]The war was never won
[01:73.93]In these city streets everywhere
[01:82.95]You gotta be careful where you move your feet how you part your hair
[01:93.25]Do you really think that God could never forgive this life we live
[02:04.53]Back in the world
[02:06.62]Back in the world
[02:11.82]My my my my
[02:20.18]It's so hard it's so hard it's so hard
[02:27.08]This life is so hard
[02:32.07]I've been beaten up and robbed
[02:36.77]Soldier boy ain't got no job
[02:43.42]Back in the world
[02:51.27]Had a long stretch of sacrifice
[02:56.38]Gettin' back home will be awful nice
[02:60.9]Child your woman has long been gone
[02:65.78]The doggone war just lasted too long
[02:73.52]People don't give a damn
[02:78.97]People don't give a damn
[02:83.52]People don't give a damn
[02:89.32]So I'm standin' here in future shock
[03:00.15]It can give the mind an awful knock
[03:08.95]Talkin' 'bout hard times hard times hard times
[03:20.03]Back in the world
[03:32.57]My my my my my my
[03:39.38]It's so hard it's so hard
[03:43.65]This life is so hard
[03:49.07]I been beaten up and robbed
[03:53.52]Soldier boy ain't got no job
[03:59.85]Back in the world
[03:67.27]Back in the world
[03:74.75]Uh huh back in the world
[03:88.22]Back in the world
[04:09.98]My my my my
[04:14.22]It's so hard it's so hard it's so hard
[04:23.17]This life is so hard
[04:29.42]Back in the world
[04:70.75]Back in the world
[04:74.17]Back in the world
[04:85.]Forgiveness instead of amnesty
[04:89.42]Simple words that seem so clear to me
[04:94.02]Forgive our country Mississippi Bay
[04:98.8]Forgive your man wastin' love for hate
[05:03.9]Truth from honesty is true
[05:13.5]We'd don't seem to know what to do do
[05:21.15]Yeah yeah yeah
[05:27.67]Back in the world