If You Don't Look Around

They told me doncha go down to that city. Don’t you go down to that city, I say.
For there’s trouble there for sure and it’s no concern of yours and it’s all I
have to hear them people say.
Chorus:
If you don’t look around, you won’t see my a-goin', see me a-goin' that way.
If you don’t look around, you’ll have no way of knowin'. I don’t think you even
know what I say.
And I saw children just walkin' 'long and singin' when a voice from behind me
rang through.
Then I saw an ugly man with a mad dog in his hand. He said, «Stand right there.
I’ll turn him loose on you.»
(Chorus)
So don’t tell me there ain’t no time for singin' 'cause I don’t need no empty
words from you.
If they’re sayin' who ain’t free then they’re sayin' it right to me.
So, go back home. I’ll wake you when we’re through.
(Chorus)