Back Me Up

from Whatever's Chasing You by Val Emmich

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Ten of them and one of me
Would you back me up?
Strangers are enemies
Would you back me up?
You know I can’t do the dance
Would you back me up?
At the funeral I wear white pants
Someone back me up

I’m gonna make a fool of myself
I’m gonna do it better than anyone else
But if I see your face in the crowd
I can pretend there’s no one else around
Would you back me up?

You can’t make it there on time
I could back you up
Insult the host about her wine
Let me back you up
Too scared to come outside
I will back you up
All alone and out of lies
I can back you up

You’re gonna make a fool of yourself
You’re gonna do it better than anyone else
But if you see my face in the crowd
You can pretend there’s no one else around
I could back you up
If you back me up

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from Whatever's Chasing You, released August 11, 2016

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