Someone told me long ago

There's a calm before the storm I know

It's been comin' for some time

When it's over, so they say

It'll rain a sunny day, I know

Shining down like water

I want to know, have you ever seen the rain?

I want to know, have you ever seen the rain?

Comin' down on a sunny day?

Yesterday, and days before

Sun is cold and rain is hot I know

Been that way for all my time

Till forever, on it goes

Through the circle, fast and slow I know

It can't stop, I wonder

I want to know, have you ever seen the rain?

I want to know, have you ever seen the rain?

Comin' down on a sunny day?

Yeah! I want to know, have you ever seen the rain?

I want to know, have you ever seen the rain?

Comin' down on a sunny day?

Some folks are born made to wave the flag

Hoo, they're red, white and blue

And when the band plays "Hail to the chief"

Ooh, they point the cannon at you, Lord

It ain't me, it ain't me

I ain't no senator's son, son

It ain't me, it ain't me

I ain't no furtunate one, no

Some folks are born silver spoon in hand

Lord, don't they help themselves, Lord?

But when the taxman come to the door

Lord, the house lookin' like a rummage sale, yeah

It ain't me, it ain't me

I ain't no millionaire's son, no, no

It ain't me, it ain't me

I ain't no fortunate one, no

Yeah-yeah, some folks inherit star-spangled eyes

Hoo, they send you down to war, Lord

And when you ask 'em, "How much should we give?"

Hoo, they only answer, "More, more, more, more"

It ain't me, it ain't me

I ain't no military son, son, Lord

It ain't me, it ain't me

I ain't no fortunate one, one

It ain't me, it ain't me

I ain't no fortunate one, no, no, no

It ain't me, it ain't me

I ain't no fortunate son, no, no, no

It ain't me, it ain't me...

I see the bad moon a-risin'

I see trouble on the way

I see earthquakes and lightnin'

I see bad times today

Don't go around tonight

Well it's bound to take your life

There's a bad moon on the rise

I hear hurricanes a-blowin'

I know the end is comin' soon

I fear rivers over flowin'

I hear the voice of rage and ruin

Don't go around tonight

Well it's bound to take your life

There's a bad moon on the rise, alright

Hope you got your things together

Hope you are quite prepared to die

Looks like we're in for nasty weather

One eye is taken for an eye

Well don't go around tonight

Well it's bound to take your life

There's a bad moon on the rise

Don't come around tonight

Well it's bound to take your life

There's a bad moon on the rise

Left a good job in the city

Workin' for the man ev'ry night and day

And I never lost one minute of sleepin'

Worryin' 'bout the way things might have been

Big wheel keep on turnin'

Proud Mary keep on burnin'

Rollin', rollin', rollin' on the river

Cleaned a lot of plates in Memphis

Pumped a lot of pane down in New Orleans

But I never saw the good side of the city

Til I hitched a ride on a river boat queen

Big wheel keep on turnin'

Proud Mary keep on burnin'

Rollin', rollin', rollin' on the river

Rollin', rollin', rollin' on the river

If you come down to the river

Bet you gonna find some people who live

You don't have to worry 'cause you have no money

People on the river are happy to give

Big wheel keep on turnin'

Proud Mary keep on burnin'

Rollin', rollin', rollin' on the river

Rollin', rollin', rollin' on the river

Rollin', rollin', rollin' on the river

Rollin', rollin', rollin' on the river

When I was just a little boy

Standin' to my Daddy's knee

My Papa said "Son, don't let the man get you

And do what he done to me?

Cause he'll get you

Cause he'll get ya now, now"

Well, I can remember the Fourth of July

Runnin' through the backwood bay

I can still hear my old hound dog barkin'

Chasin' down a hoodoo there

Chasin' down a hoodoo there

Born on the bayou

Born on the bayou

Born on the bayou

Lord, Lord

Wish I were back on the bayou

Rollin' with some Cajun Queen

Wish that I were a fast freight train

A-just a-choogling on down to New Orleans

Born on the bayou

Born on the bayou

Born on the bayou

Do it, do it, do it, do it

I can remember the Fourth of July

Runnin' through the backwood bay

And I can still hear my old hound dog barkin'

Chasin' down a hoodoo there

Chasin' down a hoodoo there

Born on the bayou

Born on the bayou, Lord, Lord

Born on the bayou

Alright, do

Do it, do it, do it, do it

There's a place up ahead and I'm going

Just as fast as my feet can fly

Come away, come away, if you're going

Leave the sinking ship behind

Come on the rising wind

We're going up around the bend

Ooh

Bring a song and a smile for the banjo

Better get while the getting's good

Hitch a ride to the end of the highway

Where the neons turn to wood

Come on the rising wind

We're going up around the bend

Ooh

You can ponder perpetual motion

Fix your mind on a crystal day

Always time for a good conversation

There's an ear for what you say

Come on the rising wind

We're going up around the bend

Yeah

Ooh

Catch a ride to the end of the highway

And we'll meet by the big red tree

There's a place up ahead and I'm going

Come along, come along with me

Come on the rising wind

We're going up around the bend

Yeah

Do-do-doo-do

Do-do-doo-do

Do-doo-do

Do-do-doo-do

Yeah

Do-do-doo-do

Do-do-doo-do

Long as I remember the rain been comin' down

Clouds of mystery pourin' confusion on the ground

Good men through the ages tryin' to find the sun

And I wonder, still I wonder, who'll stop the rain?

I went down Virginia, seekin' shelter from the storm

Caught up in the fable, I watched the tower grow

Five Year Plans and New Deals, wrapped in golden chains

And I wonder, still I wonder, who'll stop the rain?

Heard the singers playin', how we cheered for more

The crowd had rushed together, tryin' to keep warm

Still the rain kept pourin', fallin' on my ears

And I wonder, still I wonder, who'll stop the rain?

Just got home from Illinois, lock the front door, oh boy!

Got to sit down, take a rest on the porch

Imagination sets in, pretty soon I'm singin'

Doo, doo, doo, lookin' out my back door

There's a giant doin' cartwheels, a statue wearin' high heels

Look at all the happy creatures dancin' on the lawn

Dinosaur Victrola, listenin' to Buck Owens

Doo, doo, doo, lookin' out my back door

Tambourines and elephants are playin' in the band

Won't you take a ride on the flyin' spoon? Dood-n-doo-doo

Wonderous apparition provided by magician

Doo, doo, doo, lookin' out my back door

Tambourines and elephants are playin' in the band

Won't you take a ride on the flyin' spoon? Dood-n-doo-doo

Bother me tomorrow, today I'll buy no sorrows

Doo, doo, doo, lookin' out my back door

Forward troubles Illinois, lock the front door, oh boy!

Look at all the happy creatures dancin' on the lawn

Bother me tomorrow, today I'll buy no sorrows

Doo, doo, doo, lookin' out my back door

Whoa, thought it was a nightmare

Lord, it's all so true

They told me, don't go walking slow

The devil's on the loose

Better run through the jungle

Better run through the jungle

Better run through the jungle

Whoa, don't look back to see

Thought I heard a rumblin'

Calling to my name

Two hundred million guns are loaded

Satan cries, "Take aim"

Better run through the jungle

Better run through the jungle

Better run through the jungle

Whoa, don't look back to see

Over on the mountain, thunder magic spoke

Let the people know my wisdom

Fill the land with smoke

Better run through the jungle

Better run through the jungle

Better run through the jungle

Whoa, don't look back to see

Oh, Suzie Q, oh, Suzie Q

Oh, Suzie Q, baby, I love you, Suzie Q

I like the way you walk

I like the way you talk

I like the way you walk

I like the way you talk, Suzie Q

Well, say that you'll be true

Well, say that you'll be true

Well, say that you'll be true

And never leave me blue, Suzie Q

Well, say that you'll be mine

Well, say that you'll be mine

Well, say that you'll be mine

Baby, all the time, Suzie Q

Oh Suzie Q, oh Suzie Q

Oh Suzie Q, baby, I love you, Suzie Q

I like the way you walk

I like the way you talk

I like the way you walk

I like the way you talk, Suzie Q

Oh Suzie Q, oh Suzie Q

Oh Suzie Q, baby, I love you, Suzie Q

Well, take me back down where cool water flows, y'all

Oh, let me remember things I love

Stoppin' at the log where catfish bite

Walkin' along the river road at night

Barefoot girls dancin' in the moonlight

I can hear the bullfrog callin' me, oh

Wonder if my rope's still hangin' to the tree

Love to kick my feet way down the shallow water

Shoo fly, dragon fly, get back to your mother

Pick up a flat rock, skip it across Green River

Well

Up at Cody's camp I spent my days, Lord

With flat car riders and cross-tie walkers

Old Cody Junior took me over

Said, "You're gonna find the world is smoldering

And if you get lost, come on home to Green River"

Well

Come on home

When I was a little bitty baby

My mama would rock me in the cradle

In them old cotton fields back home

It was down in Louisiana

Just about a mile from Texarkana

In them old cotton fields back home

Oh, when them cotton bolls get rotten

You can't pick very much cotton

In them old cotton fields back home

It was down in Louisiana

Just about a mile from Texarkana

In them old cotton fields back home

When I was a little bitty baby

My mama would rock me in the cradle

In them old cotton fields back home

It was down in Louisiana

Just about a mile from Texarkana

In them old cotton fields back home

Oh, when them cotton bolls get rotten

You can't pick very much cotton

In them old cotton fields back home

It was down in Louisiana

Just about a mile from Texarkana

In them old cotton fields back home

When I was a little bitty baby

My mama would rock me in the cradle

In them old cotton fields back home

It was down in Louisiana

Just about a mile from Texarkana

In them old cotton fields back home

In them old cotton fields back home

Well, you wake up in the mornin'

You hear the work bell ring

And they march you to the table

You see the same old thing

Ain't no food upon the table

And no pork up in the pan

But you better not complain, boy

You get in trouble with the man

Let the Midnight Special shine a light on me

Let the Midnight Special shine a light on me

Let the Midnight Special shine a light on me

Let the Midnight Special shine a ever lovin' light on me

Yonder come Miss Rosie

How in the world did you know?

By the way she wears her apron

And the clothes she wore

Umbrella on her shoulder

Piece of paper in her hand

She come to see the gov'nor

She want to free her man, oh

Let the Midnight Special shine a light on me

Let the Midnight Special shine a light on me

Let the Midnight Special shine a light on me

Let the Midnight Special shine a ever lovin' light on me

If you're ever in Houston

Well, you better do right

You better not gamble

There, you better not fight, at all

Or the sheriff will grab ya

And the boys will bring you down

The next thing you know, boy

Whoa, you're prison bound

Let the Midnight Special shine a light on me

Let the Midnight Special shine a light on me

Let the Midnight Special shine a light on me

Let the Midnight Special shine a ever lovin' light on me

Let the Midnight Special shine a light on me

Let the Midnight Special shine a light on me

Let the Midnight Special shine a light on me

Let the Midnight Special shine a ever lovin' light on me

I put a spell on you, because you're mine

You better stop the thing that you're doin'

I said, "Watch out, I ain't lyin'", yeah

I ain't gonna take none of your, foolin' around

I ain't gonna take none of your, puttin' me down

I put a spell on you because you're mine, all right

I put a spell on you, because you're mine

You better stop, the thing that you're doin'

I said, "Watch out, I ain't lyin'", yeah

I ain't gonna take none of your, foolin' around

I ain't gonna take none of your, puttin' me down

I put a spell on you because you're mine, all right and I took it down

Move

Down the road I go

Move

Down the road I go

There's mud in the water

Roach in the cellar

Bugs in the sugar

Mortgage on the home

Mortgage on the home

There's garbage on the sidewalk

Highways in the backyard

Police on the corner

Mortgage on the car

Mortgage on the car

Move

Down the road I go

They're sellin' independence

Actors in the White House

Acid indigestion

Mortgage on my life

Mortgage on my life

Move

Down the road I go

Ramble tamble

Ramble tamble

Ramble tamble

Ooh, bet you're wonderin' how I knew

Bout your plan to make me blue

With some other guy that you knew before

Between the two of us guys

You know I loved you more

It took me by surprise, I must say

When I found out yesterday

Ooh-ooh, I heard it through the grapevine

Not much longer would you be mine

Ooh-ooh, I heard it through the grapevine

And I'm just about to lose my mind

Honey, honey, yeah

You know that a man ain't supposed to cry

But these tears, I can't hold inside

Losin' you would end my life, you see

Cause you mean that much to me

You could have told me yourself

That you found someone else, instead

I heard it through the grapevine

Not much longer would you be mine

Ooh-ooh, I heard it through the grapevine

And I'm just about to lose my mind

Honey, honey, yeah

People say, "You hear from what you see

Not, not, not from what you hear"

I can't help but being confused

If it's true, won't you tell me, dear?

Do you plan to let me go

For the other guy that you knew before?

Ooh-ooh, I heard it through the grapevine

Not much longer would you be mine

Ooh-ooh, I heard it through the grapevine

And I'm just about to lose my mind

Honey, honey, yeah

Ooh-ooh, I heard it through the grapevine

Not much longer would you be mine

Ooh-ooh, I heard it through the grapevine

And I'm just about to lose my mind

Ooh-ooh, I heard it through the grapevine

Not much longer would you be mine

Ooh-ooh, I heard it through the grapevine

And I'm just about to lose my mind

Honey, honey, yeah

Hey, tonight

Gonna be tonight

Don't you know I'm flyin'

Tonight, tonight

Hey, come on

Gonna chase tomorrow

Tonight, tonight

Gonna get it to the rafters

Watch me now

Jody's gonna get religion

All night long

Hey, come on

Gonna hear the song

Tonight, tonight

Gonna get it to the rafters

Watch me now

Jody's gonna get religion

All night long

Hey, tonight

Gonna be tonight

Don't you know I'm flyin'

Tonight, tonight

Tonight, tonight

Was ridin' along side the highway

Rollin' up the countryside

Thinkin' I'm the devil's heatwave

What you burn in your crazy mind?

Saw a slight distraction

Standin' by the road

She was smilin' there, yellow in her hair

Do you wanna, I was thinkin', would you care?

Sweet hitch-a-hiker

We could make music at the Greasy King

Sweet hitch-a-hiker

Won't you ride on my fast machine?

Cruisin' on thru the junction

I'm flyin' 'bout the speed of sound

Noticin' peculiar function

Ain't no roller coaster show me down

I turned away to see her

Woah, she caught my eye

But I was rollin' down, movin' too fast

Do you wanna, she was thinkin', can it last?

Sweet hitch-a-hiker

We could make music at the Greasy King, yeah

Sweet hitch-a-hiker

Won't you ride on my fast machine?

Was busted up along the highway

I'm the saddest ridin' fool alive

Wondering if you're goin' my way

Won't you give a poor boy a ride?

Now here she comes a-ridin'

Lord, she's flyin' high

She was rollin' down, movin' too fast

Do you wanna, she was thinkin', can I last?

Sweet hitch-a-hiker

We could make music at the Greasy King

Sweet hitch-a-hiker

Won't you ride on my fast machine?

Sweet hitch-a-hiker

We could make music at the Greasy King

Sweet hitch-a-hiker

Won't you ride on my fast machine?

Sweet hitch-a-hiker

We could make music at the Greasy King

Sweet hitch-a-hiker

Won't you ride on my fast machine? Yeah

Sweet hitch-a-hiker

We could make music at the Greasy King

Put a candle in the window

Cause I feel I've got to move

Though I'm going, going

I'll be coming home soon

Long as I can see the light

Pack my bag and let's get moving

Cause I'm bound to drift a while

Though I'm gone, gone

You don't have to worry, no

Long as I can see the light

Guess I've got that old traveling bone

Cause this feeling won't leave me alone

But I won't, won't

Be losing my way, no, no

Long as I can see the light

Yeah

Yeah

Yeah

Oh, yeah

Put a candle in the window

Cause I feel I've got to move

Though I'm going, going

I'll be coming home soon

Long as I can see the light

Long as I can see the light

Long as I can see the light

Long as I can see the light

Long as I can see the light

Met myself a-coming, county welfare line

I was feeling strung out, hung out on the line

Saw myself a-going down to war in June

All I want, all I want is to write myself a tune

Wrote a song for everyone

Wrote a song for truth

Wrote a song for everyone

When I couldn't even talk to you

Got myself arrested, wound me up in jail

Richmond about to blow up, communication failed

If you see the answer, now's the time to say

All I want, all I want is to get you down to pray

Wrote a song for everyone

Wrote a song for truth

Wrote a song for everyone

When I couldn't even talk to you

Wrote a song for everyone

Wrote a song for truth

Wrote a song for everyone

When I couldn't even talk to you

Saw the people standing, thousand years in chains

Somebody said it's different now, look it's just the same

Pharaohs spin the message, round and round the truth

They could have saved a million people, how can I tell you?

Wrote a song for everyone

Wrote a song for truth

Wrote a song for everyone

When I couldn't even talk to you

Wrote a song for everyone

Wrote a song for truth

Wrote a song for everyone

When I couldn't even talk to you

Wrote a song for everyone

Wrote a song for truth

Wrote a song for everyone

When I couldn't even talk to you