Someone told me long ago There's a calm before the storm, I know And it's been coming for some time When it's over, so they say It'll rain a sunny day
Left a good job in the city Workin' for the man every night and day And I never lost one minute of sleepin' Worryin' 'bout the way things might have been
I see the bad moon arisin' I see trouble on the way I see earthquakes and lightnin' I see bad times today Don't go around tonight Well, it's bound to
Just about a year ago, I set out on the road Seekin' my fame and fortune, lookin' for a pot of gold Things got bad, and things got worse, I guess you
Ooh, bet you're wonderin' how I knew About your plans to make me blue With some other guy that you knew before Between the two of us guys, you know I
Just got home from Illinois, lock the front door, oh boy Got to sit down, take a rest on the porch Imagination sets in, pretty soon I'm singin' Doot doot
I put a spell on you because you're mine You better stop the thing that you doin' I said, ?Watch out, I ain't lyin'? I ain't gonna take none of your
Bootleg, bootleg Bootleg, howl Bootleg, bootleg Bootleg, howl Take you a glass of water Make it against the law See how good the water tastes When you
Some folks are born made to wave the flag Ooh, they're red, white and blue And when the band plays "Hail to the Chief" Oh, they point the cannon at you
Whoa, thought it was a nightmare Lo, it was so true They told me, don't go walkin' slow 'The Devil's on the loose Better run through the jungle Better
It's been an awful long time since I been home But you won't catch me goin' back down there alone Things they said when I was young Are quite enough to
Long as I remember the rain been comin' down Clouds of mystery pourin' confusion on the ground Good men through the ages tryin' to find the sun And I
Before you accuse me take a look at yourself Before you accuse me take a look at yourself You say "I've been buyin' other woman clothes" You've been talkin
Someone told me long ago there's a calm before the storm I know, it's been comin' for some time When it's over, so they say, it'll rain a sunny day I
Was Ridin' along side the highway rollin' up the country side. Thinkin' I'm the devil's heatwave what you burn in your crazy mind? Saw a slight distraction
Now, when I was just a little boy Standin' to my daddy's knee My poppa said, "Son, don't let the man get you Do what he done to me" 'Cause he'll get you
When I was a little bitty baby My mama would rock me in the cradle, In them old cotton fields back home; It was down in Louisiana, Just about a mile
Good Golly Miss Molly, sure like to ball Good Golly, Miss Molly, sure like to ball When you're rockin' and a rollin', can't hear your momma call From