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"Hold On, I'm Comin'" (MP3)
In a river I travel
In a river of trouble
"Hold On, I'm Coming" (MP3)
Don't you ever be sad
Lean on me when time commands
When the day comes and you're down
In a river of trouble
And I'm not tootin' around.
Don't you ever be sad
Lean on me when times are bad
When the day comes and you're down
In a river of trouble
And about to drown.
"Soothe Me"
Shoot me, baby, shoot me
Shoot me with your fire
Soothe me, baby, soothe me
Soothe me with your kindness
"Soothe Me"
Sue me, baby, sue me
Soothe me, baby, soothe me
Comin' to ya on a death road.
Comin' to ya on a dusty road.
Comin' to ya' from death row.
Comin' to you on a dusty road.
Comin' to you on a death row.
Comin' to you on a dusty road.
Comin' to you on a dirt road.
Comin' to you on a dusty road.
Give you hope
And be your funky boyfriend
Give you hope
And be your only boyfriend
Go to heaven in a truck load
Good lovin', I got a truck load
I was educated on good Scotch.
I was educated at Woodstock.
Editor's note: Someone mentioned that this song was released two years before the Woodstock festival (which is correct), but this line obviously does not refer to that. It refers to something totally different and unrelated.
I was educated, a good scout
or
I was educated, from good stock
or
I was educated, from good stock
I was educated at Woodstock
The Blues Brothers cover version uses the "I was educated, from good stock" line. Woodstock was the high school in Memphis that David Porter, the lyricist of the song, attended.
I was so mad
I'm a soul man
I was sold out
I’m a soul man
I'm a sold man
I'm a soul man
I'm an old man.
I'm a soul man.
I'm well educated from Woodstock
or
I'm well educated for good Scott
or
I'm well educated for good Scott
I was educated at Woodstock
I'm well educated, a good Scot
I was educated at Woodstock
"Soul Man"
I’m on Soul Train
I’m a soul man
"You Got Me Humming" (MP3)
You got me humping men.
You got me humming, yeah.