Ol' Man River - James Taylor

There’s an old man called the Mississippi

Now that’s the old man that I love to be

Oh, what does he care if the world’s got troubles?

What does he care if the land’s not free?

Old man river

That old man river

Well he must know somethin'

But he don’t say nothin'

He keeps on rollin'

He just keeps rollin' along

And he don’t plant taters

And he don’t plant cotton

Yes and them that plants 'em is soon forgotten

He keeps on rollin'

He just keeps rollin' along

Oh, you and me, we’re just the same

Bodies all achin' and wracked with pain

Tote that barge, better lift that bale

You get a little drunk and you land in jail

I get weary

And sick of tryin'

Till I’m tired of livin'

And I’m scared of dyin'

But old man river, keeps on rollin'

That old man river, he just keeps on rollin'

I said that old man river, keeps on rollin' along

Old man river