Top Songs By Bossa Nostra
Credits
PERFORMING ARTISTS
Bossa Nostra
Performer
Vick Andersen
Performer
Progetto Tribale
Remixer
COMPOSITION & LYRICS
Gil Scott-Heron
Songwriter
Lyrics
(And you know, and you know, and you know)
(And you know, and you know, and you know)
(And you know, and you know, and you know)
(And you know, and you know, and you know)
(And you know, and you know, and you know)
(And you know, and you know, and you know)
(And you know, and you know, and you know)
(And you know, and you know, I want you back, I want you back)
Junkie walking through the twilight
I'm on my way home
I left three days ago
But no one seems to know I'm gone
Home is where the hatred is
Home is filled with pain
And it may not be such a bad idea
If I never, never went home again
Stand as far away from me as you can (and you know, and you know)
(I want you back, I want you back) and ask me why
Hang on to your rosary beads
Close your eyes (and you know, and you know)
(I want you back, I want you back) watch me die
You keep saying, "Kick it, quit it"
Lord, did you ever try?
(And you know, and you know, I want you back, I want you back)
To turn your sick soul inside out
So that the world
So that the world (and you know, and you know)
(I want you back, I want you back) can watch you die
Watch you die
Home is where I live inside
Like white powder dreams (and you know, and you know)
(I want you back, I want you back)
An empty vacuum that fills now
With my silent screams (and you know, and you know)
(I want you back, I want you back)
Home is the needle marks (and you know, and you know)
(I want you back, want you back) tryin' to heal my broken heart
And it may not be such a bad idea
If I never, never went home again (and you know, and you know)
(I want you back, I want you back)
(And you know, and you know) stand as far away from me as you can
And ask me why
(And you know, and you know) hang on to your rosary beads
Close your eyes, watch me die
You keep saying (and you know, and you know, and you know)
"Kick it, quit it, kick it, quit it"
Lord, did you ever try?
(And you know, and you know) to turn your sick soul inside out
So that the world
So that the world can watch you die
Can watch you die (and you know, and you know)
Watch you die (I want you back, I want you back)
Watch you die
You say, "Kick it, quit it (and you know, and you know)
Kick it, quit it" (I want you back, I want you back)
Did you, did you ever try? Mm
Turn your sick soul inside out (and you know, and you know)
(I want you back, I want you back) oh, yeah
Turn your sick soul inside out (and you know, and you know)
Sick soul inside out (I want you back, I want you back), yeah
You say, "Kick it, kick it, quit it, quit it"
But did you ever, did you ever try? (And you know, and you know)
(I want you back, I want you back) ooh
(And you know, and you know, I want you back, I want you back)
You can kick it, quit it, kick it, quit it
But did you ever, did you ever, ever try?
(And you know, and you know) turn your s-
(I want you back, I want you back)
(And you know, and you know, I want you back, I want you back)
(And you know, and you know, I want you back, I want you back)
(And you know, and you know, I want you back, I want you back)
(And you know, and you know, I want you back, I want you back)
Written by: Gil Scott-Heron