We've Got To Get Ourselves Together - The Staple Singers

Yeah! Yeah! Yeah! Yeah! Yeah! Yeah! Yeah! Yeah! I know we can make it girl Yes, I know we can make it girl If we just try We've got to try Got to find a way to me baby! Got to find a way to me baby! Got to find a way to me baby! I know we can make it girl Yes, I know we can make it girl If we just try We've got to try Got to find a way to me baby! Got to find a way to me baby! I know we can make it girl Yes, I know we can make it girl If we just try Got to find a way to me baby! Got to find a way to me baby! Got to find a way to me baby! Got to find a way to me baby!

Jump into the fire Dive in head first into the flames We're broken and tired Forgiving it is not the way Here we are Killing ourselves to live We just need one more hit And we might just live forever Oh, here we are We're going down with this ship And if this is our last trip At least we'll go together We might just live forever Hang on to the morning Watch the wall light up the sky Cave without a warning We will be dead before we say die Here we are killing ourselves to live We just need one more hit And we might just live forever Oh, here we are We're going down with this ship And if this is our last trip At least we'll go together We might just live forever Breaking out of the cage and into the fire Channel the rage, holding it tighter And I'm not ashamed to give into desire And I'm not afraid of the pain that I fight for Out of the cage and into the fire Channel the rage, holding it tighter And I'm not ashamed to give into desire And I'm not afraid of the pain that I fight for Yeah Oohoh I will fight for you Win or lose Here we are Killing ourselves to live We just need one more hit And we might just live forever (We might just live forever) Oh, here we are We're going down with this ship (Going down with this ship) And if this is our last trip At least we'll go together (Oh, least we'll go together) We might just live forever

We're lucky that We're lucky that we slept It didn't seem like we realized we'd be stuck in traffic We're lucky that We slept Not to be confused the points from the purpose We're lucky that We're lucky that we're so capable to forget How lucky we are that we are so easy, so easy to forget How often we become susceptible to regret I do regret How often we are confused how honestly we try But we'll forget We have designed, have designed, have designed More unusual things as yet How often we are confused How honest we tried But we'll forget We'll forget

The city grows cold, as we start to fall The streets are still lit, the bars at last call Looking for love, and looking for when The final letter for me will be sent 'Cause we've all got to be going somewhere We've all got to be going somewhere, Some to the ground, and some to thin air, But we've all got to be going somewhere I've got my freedom, I've got my friends, I've got stories in dusty bookends, Stories that go, past cigarette ends, Some lives are born, Some remain dead. (Chorus)

I pulled into Nazareth, I was feelin' 'bout half past dead I just need some place where I could lay my head Hey mister, can you tell me where I can find a bed? He just grinned and shook my hand, "no", was all he said Take a load off, Fanny Take a load for free Take a load off, Fanny And (and) (and), and put the load right on me (Put the load right on me) I picked up my bag and went lookin' for a place to hide When I saw ol' Carmen and the Devil walkin' side by side And I said, "Hey Carmen, c'mon let's go downtown" She said, "I gotta go, but my friend here can stick around" Take a load off, Fanny Take a load for free Take a load off, Fanny And (and) (and), and put the load right on me (Put the load right on me) Go down, Miss Moses, there ain't nothin' you can say It's just ol' Luke and Luke's waitin' on the Judgment Day Well, Luke, my friend, what about young Anna Lee He said, "Do me a favor now Won't you stay and keep Anna Lee company?" Take a load off, Fanny Take a load for free Take a load off, Fanny And (and) (and), and put the load right on me (Put the load right on me) Why don't you put the load on me? C'mon now Crazy Chester followed me and he caught me in the fog He said, "I will fix your rack, if you'll take ol' Jack, my dog" I said, "Wait a minute, Chester, you know I'm a peaceful man" He said, "That's okay, won't you feed him when you can?" Take a load off, Fanny Take a load for free Take a load off, Fanny And (and) (and), and put the load right on me (Put the load right on me) Catch a cannon ball now to take me down the line My bag is sinkin' low, I do believe it's time To get back to Miss Fanny, oh, you know she's the only one Who sent me here with her regards for everyone Take a load off, Fanny Take a load for free Take a load off, Fanny And (and) (and), and put the load right on me (Put the load right on me) Put the load on me (put the load on me) C'mon now Put the load on me (put the load on me) It's all right Put the load on me right now (put the load on me) Why don't you', why don't you- Why don't you put the load on me? (Put the load on me) Put the load on me, yeah Put the load on me (put the load on me)

Since the Holy Ghost took control I got a new way of praying, a new way of saying Thank God, I've got a new born soul I've got a new born soul Since the Holy Ghost took control I've got a new born soul Since the Comforter made me whole My hands look new, my feet did too My head got wet in the midnight dew But oh, all I know, thank the Lord I've got a new born soul I got a new way of preaching, a new way of teaching Since the Holy Ghost took control Souls are winning, a new beginning Thank the Lord, I've got a new born soul I've got a new born soul Since the Holy Ghost took control I've got a new, new born soul Since the Comforter made me whole My hands look new, my feet did too My head got wet in the midnight dew But oh, all I know, thank God I've got a new born soul I've got a new born soul Since the Holy Ghost took control I've got a new, new born soul Thank the Lord, I've got a new born soul Since the Holy Ghost took control I got a new way of praying, a new way of saying