• I see the bad moon arising. I see trouble on the way. I see earthquakes and lightnin. I see bad times today.

    Dont go around tonight, Well, its bound to take your life, Theres a bad moon on the rise.

    I hear hurricanes ablowing. I know the end is coming soon. I fear rivers over flowing. I hear the voice of rage and ruin.

    All right!

    Hope you got your things together. Hope you are quite prepared to die. Looks like were in for nasty weather. One eye is taken for an eye.

  • Now, when I was just a little boy Standin' to my Daddy's knee My poppa said, "Son, don't let the man get you Do what he done to me" 'Cause he'll get you 'Cause he'll get you now, now

    And I can remember the fourth of July Runnin' through the backwood, bare And I can still hear my old hound dog barkin' Chasin' down a hoodoo there Chasin' down a hoodoo there

    Born on the Bayou Born on the Bayou Born on the Bayou

    Wish I was back on the Bayou Rollin' with some Cajun Queen Wishin' I were a fast freight train Just a chooglin' on down to New Orleans

  • Well, take me back down where cool water flowsLet me remember things I loveStoppin' at the log where catfish biteWalkin' along the river road at nightBarefoot girls dancin' in the moonlightI can hear the bullfrog callin' meWonder if my rope's still hangin' to the treeLove to kick my feet 'way down the shallow waterShoefly, dragonfly, get back t'your motherPick up a flat rock, skip it across Green RiverUp at Cody's camp I spent my daysWith flat car riders and cross-tie walkersOld Cody, Junior took me overSaid, "You're gonna find the world is smould'rin'And if you get lost come on home to Green River"
  • Left a good job in the city
    Workin' for The Man ev'ry night and day
    And I never lost one minute of sleepin'
    Worryin' 'bout the way things might have been

    Big wheel keep on turnin'
    Proud Mary keep on burnin'
    Rollin', rollin', rollin' on the river

    Cleaned a lot of plates in Memphis
    Pumped a lot of pain down in New Orleans
    But I never saw the good side of the city
    'Til I hitched a ride on a river boat queen

    Rollin', rollin', rollin' on the river

    If you come down to the river
    Bet you gonna find some people who live
    You don't have to worry 'cause you have no money
    People on the river are happy to give

    Rollin', rollin', rollin' on the river
    Rollin', rollin', rollin' on the river
    Rollin', rollin', rollin' on the river