Old man river, that old man river He must know something but don't say nothing He just keeps rolling He keeps on rolling along You and me, we sweat and slave Bodies all aching and racked with pain Tow that barge, lift that bail Get a little drunk and you land in jail I get weary and sick of trying I'm tired of living but scared of dying That old man river He just keeps rolling along

Here we all work 'long the Mississippi Here we all work, while the white boys play Gettin' no rest from the dawn till the sunset Gettin' no rest till the judgment day You don't look up, you don't look down You don't dare make the rich boss frown Bend your knees and bow your head And tote that barge until you're dead Let me go away from the Mississippi Let me go away from the rich man boss Show me that stream called the River of Jordan That's the old stream that I long to cross Old Man River, Old Man River He don't say nothin', he must know somethin' Old Man River, he just keeps rollin' along You know, you know he don't plant taters And we all know the man don't plant no cotton And then, then they plant 'em Oh the Lord knows they are soon forgotten But Old Man River, he just keeps rollin' along You, you and me, you know sometimes We have to we have to sweat, sweat and strain Our bodies, our bodies are all achin' And wracked with a whole lot of pain Tote that barge, lift that bale, you get a little drunk And you land in jail I get weary and so sick of tryin' I'm tired of livin', and afraid of dyin' But Old Man River, he just keeps rollin' a Old Man River, he just keeps rollin' along

A-na, na, na I'm cleaning up them dirty words that I say these days Showing up to church a lot more on Sunday Working on bad-habit breaking Cutting back on Copenhagen Little less gas, little more brake in my Chevrolet Whatever it takes, 'cause I got a gift from God sitting in the backseat And I'ma need to be a little better If he's gonna wanna be like me I'm just a good ol' boy tryna be a good ol' man Out here learning on the fly, tryna do the best I can To raise him up right "No sir, yes ma'am" I'm just a good ol' boy tryna be a good ol' man Yes I am, mhmm yeah Gonna be a lotta learning in between Them inches on that doorframe I don't know a lot about a lot But I know I can teach him a few things How to swim, how to fish, how to drive a stick Just like my daddy taught me And he'll know how to say he's sorry 'Cause he'll hear that from me I'm just a good ol' boy tryna be a good ol' man Out here learning on the fly, tryna do the best I can To raise him up right, Lord knows I am I'm just a good ol' boy tryna be a good ol' man (good ol' man) Oh I'm trying, oh I'm trying, oh I'm trying Oh I'm trying to be a good ol' man (good ol' man) Oh I'm trying, oh I'm trying, oh I'm trying Oh I'm trying to be a good ol' man Making a man outta him Is making a man outta me Making a man outta him So one day he'll be Another good ol' boy, yeah I'm just a good ol' boy tryna be a good ol' man Out here learning on the fly, tryna do the best I can To raise him up right, Lord knows I am I'm just a good ol' boy tryna be a good ol' man Yes I am Oh I'm trying, oh I'm trying, oh I'm trying Oh I'm trying to be a good ol' man (good ol' man) Oh I'm trying, oh I'm trying, oh I'm trying Oh I'm trying to be a good ol' man Yes I am Oh I'm trying, oh I'm trying, oh I'm trying Oh I'm trying to be a good ol' man (good ol' man) Oh I'm trying, oh I'm trying, oh I'm trying Oh I'm trying to be a good ol' man (mhmm, yeah)

I know something that you don't know Scathing down the landline, I still kind of love you And I'm four steps forward in my plimsolls But I still wanna stab any girl that wants to touch you Church bells ringing for a fresh start But you had a head start, always such an athlete And no one wants to kiss a bad sport So I keep my head high, wave at all your family I knew you until you were someone else And I don't know if you ever knew yourself I guess we just weren't meant to be in love forever And I guess people just change You got good, I got better But I still care about you and I think I'll care forever And I'm glad we got to do All those perfect, ugly, almost priceless Lost and lovely lunar years together I know something that you don't know These days all our friends think you're kind of an arsehole And I've been cleaning up my sad act Incense in the hallways burning through the charcoal London's pretty in the autumn, and I'm a nicer person And now I'm not your person, funny how that works and Funny that we're working now I guess we just weren't meant to be in love forever And I guess people just change You got good, I got better But I still care about you and I think I'll care forever And I'm glad we got to do All those perfect, ugly, almost priceless Lost and lovely lunar years together Oh-oh-oh-oh-oh, mmm-mmm Oh-oh-oh-oh-oh, yeah I knew you until you were someone else And I don't know if you ever knew yourself I guess we just weren't meant to be in love forever And I guess people just change You got good, I got better But I still care about you and I think I'll care forever And I'm glad we got to do All those perfect, ugly, almost priceless Lost and lovely lunar years together Mmm-mmm-mmm