Old Man River

You don't look up, you don't look down
The rich boss speaks and he wears a frown
Tote that barge and lift that bale
You get a little drunk and you land in jail

That old man river (That old man river)
That old man river (Old man river)
He don't say nothin', but he must know somethin', because
He keeps on rollin', I said don't you know (Rollin')
He keeps on rollin' right along

He moves, and he moves right along
Old man river, he moves along
Old man, he moves right along, woo!

Said, he don't plant taters (He don't plant taters)
No, he don't, he don't plant cotton (No, he don't plant cotton)
And them that plants 'em are soon forgotten
Because of that old man river (That old man river)
Don't you know, I said, how he moves, how he moves
How he moves right along

He moves, and he moves right along
Old man, old man, old man, he moves right along
Oh, I said, he moves, and he moves right along, hee!

You and me, don't you know, I said, how we sweat and strain
Lord, our bodies, our bodies all achin' and racked, racked with pain
And the man says, "Tote, tote that barge"
And when he says, "Lift", you lift that bale (Lift that bale)
And you go out and get, you get a little drunk
And the man comes, and he throws you, throws you back in jail

I'm tired and weary (I'm tired and weary)
I'm-a sick, I'm-a sick of tryin' (I'm-a sick, I'm-a sick of tryin')
I'm-a tired of livin', but I'm scared of dyin'
'Cause that old man river rolls on a daily

How he moves, how he moves, how he moves right along
How he moves, and he moves right along
Man, the river, man, the river moves right along
With a full beat and a motion, he moves right along
Oh, I said that old man river, he moves it, he moves it
He moves it, Lord, and he moves it, and he moves it right along