A stranger lied on the barroom floor
And drank so much he could drink no more
And so he fell asleep with a troubled brain
To dream that he rode on a hell bound train
his train is bound for glory, this train.
This train is bound for glory, this train.
This train is bound for glory,
Don’t carry nothing but the righteous and the holy.
This train is bound for glory, this train.
This train don’t carry no gamblers, this train;
This train don’t carry no gamblers, this train;
This train don’t carry no gamblers,
Liars, thieves, nor big shot ramblers,
This train is bound for glory, this train.
And I said Lord, oh Lord, you’ve got to win,
The sun is down and the night is riding in,
That train is still on time, oh my soul is on the line,
Oh Lord, you’ve got to win.
Last train to London, just headin’ out,
Last train to London, just leavin’ town.
But I really want tonight to last forever
I really wanna be with you.
I don’t know what it is that makes me love you so,
I only know I never want to let you go,
'Cause you started something, can’t you see,
That ever since we met you’ve had a hold on me.
I happens to be true, I only want to be with you.
If you want my love, you got it,
When you need my love, you got it,
I won’t hide it.
I won’t throw your love away,…
How could she say to me
“Love will find a way?”
Gather round all you clowns
Let me hear you say
Hey you’ve got to hide your love away
Hey you’ve got to hide your love away
Don’t put my love on your back burner
Never let anything that hot get cold
And if you ever change your mind
Want to leave my love behind
Just let me be the second one to know
Yeah, the second one to know
I say I don’t like it
But you know I’m a liar
'Cause when we kiss
Ooh, fire
Well, when I was a young man, never been kissed
I got to thinkin’ it over- how much I had missed
So I got me a girl and I kissed her and then
Oh, lordy, well I kissed her again
Because she had kisses sweeter than wine
She had, mmm, mmm, kisses sweeter than wine
Kiss me once,
Kiss me twice,
And kiss me once again,
It’s been a long, long time…
I didn’t know if it was day or night,
I started kissing everything in sight,
But when I kissed a cop down on Thirty-Fourth and Vine,
He broke my little bottle of Love Potion Number Nine.
Yes, I got a black magic woman
Got me so blind I can’t see
But she’s a black magic woman
And she’s tryin’ to make a devil out of me
Never been awake
Never seen a day break
Leaning on my pillow in the morning
Lazy day in bed
Music in my head
Crazy music playing in the morning light
Oh, ho, ho
It’s magic you know
Never believe, it’s not so
It’s magic, you know
Never believe, it’s not so
“Come on home girl” he said with a smile,
“You don’t have to love me yet, let’s get high awhile, but try to understand, try to understand, try, try, try, to understand, I’m a magic man”
You don’t have to say you love me
Just be close at hand
You don’t have to stay forever
I will understand
Believe me, believe me
I can’t help but love you
But believe me
I’ll never tie you down
Believe me
Believe me
I can’t tell you why
But I’m trapped by your love
And I’m chained to your side
Do you believe in magic in a young girl’s heart?
How the music can free her, whenever it starts,
And it’s magic, if the music is groovy,
It makes you feel happy like an old-time movie.
I’ll tell you about the magic, and it’ll free your soul,
But it’s like trying to tell a stranger 'bout rock and roll.
Hot funk,
Cool punk,
Even if it’s old junk,
It’s still rock 'n roll to me…
Ow, we want the funk
Give up the funk
Ow, we need the funk
We gotta have that funk