The Way It Was Lyrics - Weekend In America - Wolfgang Gartner

Here we all work 'long the Mississippi 

Here we all work, while the white boys play 

Gettin' no rest from the dawn till the sunset 

Gettin' no rest till the judgment day 

You don't look up, you don't look down 

You don't dare make the rich boss frown 

Bend your knees and bow your head 

And tote that barge until you're dead 

Let me go away from the Mississippi 

Let me go away from the rich man boss 

Show me that stream called the River of Jordan 

That's the old stream that I long to cross 

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Old Man River, Old Man River 

He don't say nothin', he must know somethin' 

Old Man River, he just keeps rollin' along 

You know, you know he don't plant taters 

And we all know the man don't plant no cotton 

And then, then they plant 'em 

Oh the Lord knows they are soon forgotten 

But Old Man River, he just keeps rollin' along 

You, you and me, you know sometimes 

We have to we have to sweat, sweat and strain 

Our bodies, our bodies are all achin' 

And wracked with a whole lot of pain 

Tote that barge, lift that bale, you get a little drunk 

And you land in jail 

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I get weary and so sick of tryin' 

I'm tired of livin', and afraid of dyin' 

But Old Man River, he just keeps rollin' a 

Old Man River, he just keeps rollin' along