I was born by the river, in a little tent, and just like the river I've been running ever since.

If I could just touch the hem of His garment I know I'll be made whole

Man, if I was back home, I'd be swinging with two chicks on my arms.

It’s been too hard living, but I’m afraid to die. ‘Cause I don’t know what’s up there, beyond the sky.

Shakin' like a bowl of soup and make your body loop-de-loop.

It's been a long time coming. But I know a change is gonna come

I say, as a singer grows older, his conception grows a little deeper, because he lives life and he understands what he is trying to say a little more. And I think this gives. If a singer tries to find out what's happening in life, it gives him a better insight on telling the story of the song he is trying to sing.

You know, I'll always be your slave 'til I'm buried, buried in my grave.

Don't know much about history Don't know much biology.

Another fella told me, he had a sister who looked just fine. Instead of being my deliverance, she had a strange resemblance to a cat name of Frankenstein.

Don't know much about history, don't know much biology, don't know much about a science book, don't know much about the French I took.

I'm gonna sing, and I'm going to make me a lot of money.

It was something I enjoyed doing and decided to give it a couple years, though I'm not making a lot of money now either!