Children, Don't Get Weary (Instrumental) - Booker T. & The M.G.'s

I was down in the valley for a very long time And I never get weary yet I was down in the valley for a very long time And I never get weary yet I was born and raised in a little old shack With my poor family I was born and raised in a little old shack With my poor family, with my poor family I was born before Christopher Columbus, yeah And I was born before the Ara wok Indians Trying creation, before this nation I always remember, I can't forget, wo, wo, wo I was walking on the shore when they took me in the ship And they throw me overboard And I swung right out of the belly of the whale And I never get weary yet They put me in jail and I did not do no wrong And I never get weary yet Say they put me in jail and I didn't get no bail And I never get weary yet, never get weary yet I know, I was born before Christopher Columbus, yeah And I was born before the Ara wok Indians Trying creation, before this nation I always remember, which I can't forget, oh, yeah I was down in the valley for a very long time And I never get weary yet I was down in the valley for a very long time And I never get weary yet I was born and raised in a little old shack With my poor family I was born and raised in a little old shack With my poor family, with my poor family Yes, I was born before Christopher Columbus, yeah And I was born before the Ara wok Indians Trying creation, before this nation I always remember, I can't forget, wo Oh, I never get weary Well, I never get weary

I'm weary of the ways of the world Be weary of the ways of the world I'm weary of the ways of the world I'm gonna look for my body yeah I'll be back real soon I'm gonna look for my body yeah I'll be back real soon I'm gonna look for my body yeah I'll be back real soon But you know that a king is only a man With flesh and bones, he bleeds just like you do He said "where does that leave you" And do you belong? I do, I do Be leery bout your place in the world You're feeling like you're chasing the world You're leaving not a trace in the world But you're facing the world I'm gonna look for my glory yeah I'll be back real soon I'm gonna look for my glory yeah I'll be back real soon I'm gonna look for my glory yeah I'll be back real soon But you know that a king is only a man With flesh and bones, he bleeds just like you do He said "where does that leave you" And do you belong? I do, I do

It feels like yesterday The day you up and went away Won't let you control my fate Everything is meant to be Good things are on their way I can't only wait and see Never let your fate control you And it feels good Everything is going in the way it should Sometimes we all feel misunderstood And that's okay Because I knew we could Never could get back together And a wise man knows Nothing lasts forever Let the truth unfold We're better off together And the cold wind blows It just the way life goes I don't mind the rain sometimes Let the sky cry away And wipe your dreary eyes And put the cards on the table Up in to the hills we go I wanna fly high away Never let your fate control you And it feels good Everything is going in the way it should Sometimes we all feel misunderstood And that's okay Because I knew we could Never could get back together And a wise man knows Nothing lasts forever Let the truth unfold We're better off together And the cold wind blows It just the way life goes Smoke a rose from the fire And the water put out that flame I'm so damn high and I still I feel no shame I'm a rock in the island and I don't feel nothing And when one door closes, another is open