Hold Back The River

Won`t you wait a while<br /> Move to the blue<br /> Sometimes people don`t want to say<br /> Old time dancers don`t die that way<br /> See that grave I`ve just made<br /> It`s for me when I get paid<br /> <br /> Somebody`s gotta hold back the river<br /> Somebody like you<br /> <br /> Do you love and surrender<br /> Sometimes I don`t feel I can remember<br /> I think it`s fair to mention<br /> About the days when I get paid<br /> <br /> Somebody`s gotta hold back the river<br /> Somebody like you<br /> Somebody`s gotta hold back the river<br /> Somebody like you<br /> <br /> I want a little loving<br /> I told you all to listen<br /> But you never liked what you heard<br /> I take what I am given<br /> This may sound absurd<br /> I share a double vision<br /> That started the transition<br /> <br /> Hey where`s jimmy jazz<br /> Steady on the scale<br /> <br /> I told you to listen<br /> I told you all to listen<br /> <br /> Somebody`s gotta hold back the river<br /> Somebody like you<br /> Somebody`s gotta hold back the river<br /> Somebody like you<br /> <br /> You know that somebody<br /> You know that somebody<br /> You know that somebody<br /> But it ain`t you