Lookin' out My Back Door
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1. Just got home from Illinois, lock the front
door, oh boy !
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Got
to sit down, take a rest on the porch.
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Imagination sets in, pretty soon I'm singing,
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doo, doo, doo, lookin' out my back door.
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2. There's a giant doing cartwheels, a statue
wearin' high heels,
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look at all the happy creatures dancing on the lawn.
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dinosaur Victrola, listening to Buck Owens
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doo, doo, doo, lookin' out my back door.
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3. Forward troubles Illinois, lock the front door, oh boy !
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Look
at all the happy creatures dancing on the lawn.
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Bother me tomorrow, today I'll
buy no sorrows
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doo, doo, doo, lookin' out my back door.
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4. Tambourines and elephants are playing in the band,
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won't you
take a ride on the flyin' spoon ?
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Wond'rous apparition, provided
by magician,
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doo, doo, doo, lookin' out my back door.
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5.Tambourines and elephants are playing in the band,
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won't you
take a ride on the flyin' spoon ?
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Bother me tomorrow, today I'll buy no sorrows,
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doo, doo, doo, lookin' out my back door.
(Creedence
Clearwater Revival)