Lyrics Ol' Man River - Ray Charles

(Here we all work on the Mississippi)
(Here we all work while the white folk play)
(Pullin' them boats from the dawn till sunset)
(Gettin' no rest till the judgment day)
(Don't look up and don't look down)
(You don't dare make a white man frown)
(Bend your knees and bow your head)
(And pull that rope until you're dead)
(Let me go 'way from the Mississippi)
(Let me go 'way from the white man boss)
(Show me that stream called the River Jordan)
(That's the old stream that I long to cross)
I know that Ol' Man River, that Ol' Man River
He must know somethin', the man don't say nothin'
I know he just keep on rollin'
I want you to know he keeps on rollin' along
He don't plant taters (taters), he don't plant cotton (cotton)
And them folk they plant 'em
I want you to know they're soon forgotten
But Ol' Man River, somehow he just keep on rollin', rollin' along
You and me (you and me), we got to sweat and strain (sweat and strain)
Body's all achin' racked with pain
Tote that barge (tote that barge)
Somebody said "Lift that bail" (lift that bail)
You drink a little scotch
I want you to know, you going to land in jail
You know I get weary and so sick of tryin'
I'm tired of livin', but I'm scared, I'm scared of dyin'
But that Ol' Man and the river, I say he just
The man just keep rollin' on