what they do
they smilin’ in your face
all the time they want to take your place
the back stabbers back stabbers
they smilin’ in your face
all the time they want to take your place
the back stabbers back stabbers
all you fellas who have someone and you really care yeah yeah
then it’s all of you fellas who better beware yeah yeah
somebody’s out to get your lady
a few of your buddies they sure look shady
blades are long clenched tight in their fist
aimin’ straight at your back
and i don’t think they’ll miss
what they do
they smilin’ in your face
all the time they want to take your place
the back stabbers back stabbers
i keep gettin’ all these visits from my friends
yeah what they doin’ to me
they come to my house again and again and again and again yeah
so are they there to see my woman
i don’t even be home but they just keep on comin’
what can i do to get on the right track
i wish they’d take some of these knives out my back
what they do
they smilin’ in your face
all the time they want to take your place
the back stabbers back stabbers
haahahahahah
lowdown dirty
what they do
they smilin’ in your face
smiling faces smiling faces sometimes tell lies back stabbers
they smilin’ in your face
i don’t need lowdown dirty bastards back stabbers
they smilin’ in your face
dada dadada dadadada back stabbers
might be your neighbor they smilin’ in your face
your next door neighbor yeah back stabbers
Artist: The O Jays
Year: 1972
Decade: 70s
Language: en
Word Count: 131