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VERSE:
If it’s love that you’re running from
There is no hiding place
(You can’t run, you can’t hide, you can’t run)
Just your problems no one elses problems
You just have to face
(You can’t run, you can’t hide, you can’t run)

CHORUS:
So if you just put your hand in mine
We’re gonna leave all our troubles behind

We gonna walk
And don’t look back (Don’t look back)

We gonna walk
And don’t look back (Don’t look back)

VERSE:
Now if your first lover let you down
There’s something that can be done
(You can’t run, you can’t hide, you can’t run)
Don’t heal your faith in love
Remembering what’s become

CHORUS:
So if you just put your hand in mine
We’re gonna leave all our troubles behind
We gonna walk
And don’t look back (Don’t look back)
We gonna walk
And don’t look back (Don’t look back)

INSTRUMENTAL

CHORUS:

BREAK:
Places behind you
There to remind you

VERSE:
If your first lover broke your heart
Something can be done
(You can’t run, you can’t hide, you can’t run)
Don’t heal your faith in love
Remembering whats been lost
(You can’t run, you can’t hide, you can’t run)

CHORUS:

OUTRO

MICK JAGGER and PETER TOSH hold this conversation while background singers continue singing back-up

(P.T.) How far you been walking man?
(M.J.) About a hundred miles
(P.T.) You still got some more to walk man
(M.J.) I know, don’t remind me about it
(P.T.) I’m getting tired, but I still got to keep on walking
(M.J.) I’m walking barefoot
(P.T.) You know, keep on walking
(M.J.) You got to walk and don’t look back
(P.T.) Keep on a walking
You got to walk and don’t look back
Keep on a walking
You got to walk and don’t look back

FADE OUT:

Although there have now been many books devoted to reggae, Chuck Foster’s ‘Small Axe Guide To Rock Steady’ is the first book that deals entirely with Jamaican music in the period between Ska and reggae. Artists, producers, musicians and songs are treated and a thorough discography covers period releases and later compilations.

Chuck Foster has written the Reggae Update column for Beat Magazine for over two decades and hosts Reggae Central on KPFK in LA. He also writes the Readings and Reasoning column for Reggae Festival Guide. His first book, ‘Roots Rock Reggae: An Oral History of Reggae Music From Ska To Dancehall,’ was published by Billboard Books in 1999. He has written about Jamaican music for over twenty-five years.

‘Small Axe Guide To Rock Steady’ is filled with photos and information about the artists, musicians and producers who created the music that laid the foundation for reggae and puts the focus on one of the best-loved periods of Jamaican music.