Lyrics to
Stop Lookin’ Back

This version of Stop Lookin’ Back was released by Grand Funk Railroad in 1973.

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Stuck in the county jail,
Nobody here gonna’ pay my bail.
Thirty days with a smelly drunk,
A turn-key callin’ me a dirty punk.
I got to pick myself up, and stop lookin’ back.
And I’ve got to move straight ahead, stop lookin’ back.

Shoot for the stars when my eyes can’t see the starlight.
Reach for the sun in the night.
Stop lookin’ back at the times I was defeated,
I pick myself up, I move straight ahead, I stop lookin’ back.

Stranded! Nothing worse.
I’m livin’ on coffee, I got an empty purse.
I’m dreamin’ ’bout blue eyes lookin’ my way,
Hopin’ my dreams don’t blow away.
I got to pick myself up, and stop lookin’ back.
And I’ve got to move straight ahead, stop lookin’ back.

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The lyrics to Stop Lookin’ Back are the words, verses and chorus for the song released by Grand Funk Railroad in 1973. Elements of the lyrics to Stop Lookin’ Back are both direct in meaning and also metaphorical with the real meanings of the song only known by Grand Funk Railroad and any collaborating writers working on the lyrics for Stop Lookin’ Back back when it was created.

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