Stop your pretending Listen to what I've got to say Now your head's went away Only here for a day and that grave I just made Is for me when I get paid, I get paid, yeah Won't you wait a while, move to the blue Sometimes people don't want to say Old time dancers don't die that way See that grave I've just made It's for me when I get paid Somebody's gotta hold back the river Somebody like you Do you love and surrender? Sometimes I don't feel I can remember I think it's fair to mention, yeah About the days when I get paid Somebody's gotta hold back the river Somebody like you Somebody's gotta hold back the river Somebody like you I want a little loving, I told you all to listen But you never liked what you heard I take what I am given , this may sound absurd I share a double vision that started the transition Hey where's Jimmy Jazz Steady on the scale I told you to listen Yes, I told you all to listen Somebody's gotta hold back the river Somebody like you Somebody's gotta hold back the river Somebody like you Somebody's gotta hold back the river Somebody like you Somebody's gotta hold back the river Somebody like you Somebody's gotta hold back the river Somebody like you Somebody's gotta hold back the river You know that somebody You know that somebody But it ain't you
Stop your pretending Listen to what I've got to say Now your head's went away Only here for a day and that grave I just made Is for me when I get paid, I get paid, yeah Won't you wait a while, move to the blue Sometimes people don't want to say Old time dancers don't die that way See that grave I've just made It's for me when I get paid Somebody's gotta hold back the river Somebody like you Do you love and surrender? Sometimes I don't feel I can remember I think it's fair to mention, yeah About the days when I get paid Somebody's gotta hold back the river Somebody like you Somebody's gotta hold back the river Somebody like you I want a little loving, I told you all to listen But you never liked what you heard I take what I am given , this may sound absurd I share a double vision that started the transition Hey where's Jimmy Jazz Steady on the scale I told you to listen Yes, I told you all to listen Somebody's gotta hold back the river Somebody like you Somebody's gotta hold back the river Somebody like you Somebody's gotta hold back the river Somebody like you Somebody's gotta hold back the river Somebody like you Somebody's gotta hold back the river Somebody like you Somebody's gotta hold back the river You know that somebody You know that somebody But it ain't you
