Got one foot on the platform
The other foot on the train
I’m going back to New Orleans
To wear that ball and chain
Sittin’ down by my window,
Honey, lookin’ out at the rain.
Lord, Lord, Lord, sittin’ down by my window,
Baby, lookin’ out at the rain.
Somethin’ came along, grabbed a hold of me,
And it felt just like a ball and chain.
Honey, that’s exactly what it felt like,
Honey, just dragging me down.
Well, it rained forty days,
forty nights without stoppin’
and Noah was glad
when the water stopped droppin’.
When I get to heaven,
sit right down,
ask King Jesus for my starry crown, yes.
Didn’t it rain. Sister Rosetta Tharpe
In my bed, in my head
There’s a light, but it’s red
And I wander til water falls around me
And surrounds me until I quit
What’s this shining at the far end of the road?
Oh, I admit, I’d rather see the dark end of a tunnel
Than the bottom of the pit
Wade in the water
Wade in the water, children
Wade in the water
God’s gonna trouble the water
Straight from the water
Straight from the water, children
Straight from the water
You don’t know nothin’ about this
Take me home
Take me home tonight
I don’t want to let you go 'til you see the light
Take me home tonight
Listen, honey, just like Ronnie sang
Be my little baby, oh, ho, oh
In this world I’m living in I see the light
Sins are gone, now I know what is wrong and right
Morning came on slowly pushing back the night
It’s good times now that I can see the light
Maybe the sun’s light will be dim
And it won’t matter anyhow
If morning’s echo says we’ve sinned
Well, it was what I wanted now
And if we’re victims of the night
I won’t be blinded by the light
Just call me angel of the morning, angel
Just touch my cheek before you leave me, baby
Just call me angel of the morning, angel
Then slowly turn away
I won’t beg you to stay with me
Hard times’re comin’ I’ve been told
Never sell love for a rich man’s gold
Hard times’re comin’ that much I know
Love won’t help you when you’re hungry and cold
Sun’s gonna shine in my backdoor someday
So tell me, are you gonna stay now
Will you stand by me girl all the way now
With you by my side
They can’t keep us down
Together we can make it baby
From the poor side of town
Darling, you got to let me know
Should I stay or should I go?
If you say that you are mine
I’ll be here 'till the end of time
So you got to let me know
Should I stay or should I go?
Since you gotta go, oh you’d better
Go now, go now, go now (go now, ooh)
Before you see me cry
If ever I would leave you, it wouldn’t be in summer
Seeing you in summer I never would go
Your hair streaked with sun-light, your lips red as flame
Your face with a luster that puts gold to shame
See you in September
See you when the summer’s through
Here we are (bye, baby, goodbye)
Saying goodbye at the station (bye, baby, goodbye)
Summer vacation (bye, baby bye, baby)
Is taking you away (bye, baby, goodbye)
I don’t want to say goodbye for the summer
Knowing the love we’ll miss
Oh let us make a pledge to meet in September
And seal it with a kiss
Babe, baby, baby, I’m gonna leave you
I said baby, you know I’m gonna leave you
I’ll leave you when the summertime
Leave you when the summer comes a-rollin’
Leave you when the summer comes along
But it’s a long, long while from May to December
And the days grow short when you reach September
And the autumn weather turns the leaves to flame
And I haven’t got time for waiting game
But now the days are short,
I’m in the autumn of my years.
I think of my life as vintage wine
From fine old kegs.
From the brim to the dregs,
It poured sweet and clear.
It was a very good year.
It Was A Very Good Year – Ol’ Blue Eyes
-“BB”-
Red red wine, you make me feel so fine
You keep me rockin’ all of the time
Red red wine, you really know how I love
Your kind of lovin’ like a blessing from above
Red red wine, I loved you right from the start
Right from the start, and with all of my heart
Red red wine inna eighties style
Red red wine inna modern beat style
Yeah