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 hey I get paid, yeah
Won't you wait a while Move to the blue Sometimes people don't wanna say Old time dancers don't die die that way See that grave I've made It's for me when I 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 can remember And I think it's fair to mention, About the days when I get paid
Somebody gotta hold back the river Somebody like you Somebody gotta hold back the river Somebody like you, yeah
Yeah, yeah
Want a little loving I told you to listen But you never liked what you heard, yeah I take what I am given may sound absurd I stare with double vision Starting the transition, yeah yeah Now baby, hey
Hey where's Jimmy Jazz Steady on the scale
I told you listen Yes I told you to listen
Somebody gotta hold back the river Somebody like you Somebody gotta hold back the river like you Somebody gotta hold back the river Somebody like you Somebody gotta hold back the river Somebody like you Somebody gotta hold back the river Somebody like you Somebody gotta hold back the river You know that yeah You know that somebody Somebody ain't you