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Pops Staples — Somebody Was Watching
Album: Don't Lose This
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Released: 2015
Length: 4:03
Plays (last 30 days): 2
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I been shot up and shipped down,
I've been turned away and turned around,
Nobody to call my own,
In this mean old world alone,
Many, many nights I cried,
Somebody was all the time,
Down in my soul I knew,
Some way I'd get through

Looking back now I see,
Somebody was watching over me,
Somebody was watching (Backing Singers),
Somebody was watching (Backing Singers),

I've been locked up and locked down,
I've been used and abused,
Didn't know if I, was uptown or downtown,
You know my life was so confused,
Living in a state of depression,
Something saved me from my obsession,
My strength was put to test,
My weakness put to rest,

Looking back now I see,
Somebody was watching over me,
Somebody was watching (Backing Singers),
Somebody was watching (Backing Singers),
Somebody was watching,
Somebody was watching over me,
Somebody was watching (Backing Singers),
Somebody was watching (Backing Singers),
Somebody was watching,
Somebody was watching over me,
Somebody was watching (Backing Singers),
Somebody was watching (Backing Singers),
Now my bad time is better than my good time used to be,
Somebody was watching (Backing Singers),
Somebody was watching (Backing Singers),

(Solo)

Somebody was watching (Backing Singers),
Somebody was watching(Backing Singers),

There was a time when peace I could not find,
Nothing to call my own,
No job, no car no home,
Living in a one room shack,
All I had was the clothes on my back,
Each day my only thing,
Have a bottle in my hand,

Looking back now I see,
Somebody was watching over me,
Somebody was watching (Backing Singers),
Somebody was watching (Backing Singers),
Somebody was watching,
Somebody was watching over me,
Somebody was watching (Backing Singers),
Somebody was watching (Backing Singers),
Somebody was watching,
Somebody was watching over me,
Somebody was watching (Backing Singers),
Somebody was watching (Backing Singers),
Now my bad time is better than my good time used to be,
Somebody was watching (Backing Singers),
Somebody was watching over me (Backing Singers),
Somebody was watching (Backing Singers),
Somebody was watching (Backing Singers),
Now my bad time is better than my good time used to be,
Somebody was watching (Backing Singers),
Somebody was watching over me (Backing Singers),
Comments (21)add comment
You see a man with a mustache like that and you know he means serious business...
Posted 1 month ago by snowcone    [ Reply ]
 BonzoWiltsUK wrote:

No comments for 6 years. 'nuff said. It's a 1


I think this is pretty damned good myself. 
Posted 9 months ago by MrPou    [ Reply ]
 BonzoWiltsUK wrote:

No comments for 6 years. 'nuff said. It's a 1


Apparently 10 others agree with you.
Also apparently, >300 people have rated it 7 or higher, so disagree with you.
'nuff said.

Posted 9 months ago by IvanTheMediocre    [ Reply ]
No comments for 6 years. 'nuff said. It's a 1
Posted 9 months ago by BonzoWiltsUK    [ Reply ]
STELLAR, Pops - love it.
Posted 7 years ago by sfyi2001    [ Reply ]
I'd be wachin the drummer on this one.
Posted 7 years ago by Typesbad    [ Reply ]
"Som'body was a watching" {#Whistle}
Posted 7 years ago by CoYoT51    [ Reply ]
Exposure! That's why I support you guys! Thanks and happy 4th!🇺🇸
Posted 7 years ago by edbjones    [ Reply ]
 jhorton wrote:
But, but, was anybody watching?

Just impossibly bad. Even my Grandpa says this sucks. 

 
I have to agree with you.  It sounds like James Taylor.
Posted 7 years ago by pinto    [ Reply ]
 jhorton wrote:
But, but, was anybody watching?

Just impossibly bad. Even my Grandpa says this sucks. 

 
7.1 nuff said use PSD and move on {#Crashcomp}
Posted 7 years ago by willmcnaught    [ Reply ]
 LizK wrote:
Related to the Staples singers, et al?

 
duuuude.  Pops ain't called that for nothin.  Born on a Mississippi cotton plantation over 100 years ago (1914).
Posted 8 years ago by jbuhl    [ Reply ]
the KOOLEST Pops to make the Top 10
Posted 8 years ago by jmsmy    [ Reply ]
hell yeah, Bill!  {#Dancingbanana_2}
Posted 8 years ago by sfearll    [ Reply ]
Beautifully simple and raw
Posted 8 years ago by dubberdan    [ Reply ]
Thank you Pops

Godlike 
Posted 8 years ago by hayduke2    [ Reply ]
But, but, was anybody watching?

Just impossibly bad. Even my Grandpa says this sucks. 
Posted 8 years ago by jhorton    [ Reply ]
Never heard of Pops Staples before- thought it was Bill Withers.  Nice track.
Posted 8 years ago by DJ_BellsEye    [ Reply ]
Down below, "really bad," and way below, " Horrible, you will find these historical gems.

Unlistenable.  
Posted 8 years ago by jhorton    [ Reply ]
I keep hearing "somebody was a white chick." Guilty as charged.
Posted 8 years ago by andrea924    [ Reply ]
Related to the Staples singers, et al?
Posted 8 years ago by LizK    [ Reply ]
I like this, it has an authenticity that is very appealing. 
Posted 8 years ago by sirtezza    [ Reply ]