Stop pretending Listen to what I gotta say Now your head's ran away Only here for a day And that grave I've just made For me when I get paid, hey I get paid, yeah
Won't you wait a while Move to blue Sometimes people don't wanna say Old time dancers don't die die that way See that grave I've just made It's for me when get paid
Somebody gotta hold back the river Somebody like you, yeah Somebody but you, yeah
Do you love and surrender Sometimes I don't feel I remember And I think it's fair to mention, yeah About the days when I get paid
Somebody gotta hold back the river Somebody like you Somebody gotta hold the river Somebody like you, yeah
Yeah, yeah
Want a little loving I told you all to listen But you never liked what you yeah I take what I am given It may sound absurd I stare with double vision Starting the transition, yeah yeah Now baby, hey
where's Jimmy Jazz on the scale
I told you to listen Yes I told you to listen
Somebody gotta hold back the river Somebody like you gotta hold back the river Somebody like you Somebody gotta hold back the river Somebody like you Somebody gotta hold back the river Somebody you Somebody gotta hold back the river Somebody like you Somebody gotta hold back the river You know that somebody, yeah You know that somebody Somebody ain't you