I didn't take the warning I really didn't care I had already gone too far To let them steal my share So, like a fool I took 'em on And as my anger cool I realized I could take all mine And skip off with theirs, too I know I must be crazy I'm bound to wake up dead Somebody, somebody Waitin' outside my back door Somebody, somebody Tryin' to even up the score I figured I should lay real low And stayed away from town I covered up all my moves So, it'd be hard to track me down But I started gettin' shaky And I paced around the floor Hiding out all alone I couldn't take much more Just sitting 'round here waitin' Is drivin' me up the wall Somebody, somebody
Waitin' outside my back door Somebody, somebody Tryin' to even up the score So, I called up my old friend Marlene Who was lookin' for some fun I got drunk and like a fool I told her, what I'd done I heard them knockin' at my door They got to me at last It don't take much to figure out How they'd found me out so fast And when I looked for my Marlene I saw that she was gone Somebody, somebody Waitin' outside my back door Somebody somebody Tryin' to even up the score Somebody, somebody Waitin' outside my back door Somebody, somebody Tryin' to even up the score Somebody, somebody Waitin' outside my back door Somebody, somebody Tryin' to even up the score