Johnny Rivers

[fox69]

"Positively 4Th Street"
(originally by Bob Dylan)

"Positively 4Th Street"
(originally by Bob Dylan)



You got a lotta nerve to say you are my friend
When I was down you just stood there grinning.

You got a lotta nerve to say you gotta helping hand to lend
You just want to be on the side that's winning.

You say I let you down, you know it's not like that
If you're so hurt, why then don't you show it?

You say you lost your faith but that's not where it's at
You had no faith to lose and you know it.

I know the reason that you talk behind my back
I used to be among the crowd you're in with.

Do you take me for such a fool to think I'd make contact?
With the one who tries to hide what he don't know to begin with?

You see me on the street, you always act surprised
You say : 'How are you? Good luck' - but you don't mean it.

When you know as well as me you'd rather see me paralyzed
Why don't you just come out once and scream it?

No, I do not feel that good when I see the heartbreaks you embrace
If I was a master thief, perhaps I'd rob them.

And now I know you're dissatisfied with your position and your place
Don't you understand it's not my problem?

I wish that for just one time you could stand inside my shoes
And just for that one moment I could be you.

Yes, I wish that for just one time you could stand inside my shoes
You'd know what a drag it is to see you.

 

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"Promised Land"

"Promised Land"


I left my home in Norfolk, Virginia, California on my mind
I straddled that Greyhound and rode him into Raleigh and on across Caroline
We stopped in Charlotte, we by-passed Rock Hill, we never was a minute late
We was ninety miles out of Atlanta by sundown rollin' out of Georgia State
We had motor trouble that turn into a struggle, halfway across Alabam
And that hound broke down and left us all stranded in downtown Birmingham.

Right away I bought me a through train ticket got across Mississippi clean
And I was on that midnight flyer out of Birmingham smokin' into New Orleans
Somebody help me get out of Louisiana just help me get to Houston town
There are people there who care a little 'bout me and won't let the poor boy down
Sure as you're born they bought me a silk suit put luggage in my hand
And I woke up hight over Albuquerque on a jet to the Promised land.

Workin' on a T-bone steak à la carte, flyin' over to the Golden State
When the pilot told us in 13 minutes he would set us at the terminal gate
Swing low sweet chariot, come down easy, taxi to the terminal zone
Cut your engines and cool your wings and let me make it to the telephone
Los Angeles, give me Norfolk, Virginia, Tidewater four-ten-o-nine
Tell the folks back home this is the promised land callin' and the poor boy's on the line.

 

[fox69]

"Rainy Night In Georgia"
(originally by Tony Joe White)

"Rainy Night In Georgia"
(originally by Tony Joe White)



Hoverin' by my suitcase
Tryin' to find a warm place to spend the night
Heavy rain fallin'
Seems I hear your voice callin': It's all right

A rainy night in Georgia, a rainy night in Georgia
It seems like it's rainin' all over the world
I feel like it's rainin' all over the world

Neon signs a-flashin'
Taxi cabs and buses passin' through the night
A distant moanin' of a train
Seems to play a sad refrain to the night

A rainy night in Georgia, such a rainy night in Georgia
Lord, I believe it's rainin' all over the world
I feel like it's rainin' all over the world

How many times I wondered
It still comes out the same
No matter how you look at it or think of it
It's life and you just got to play the game

I find me a place in a box car
So I take my guitar to pass some time
Late at night, when it's hard to rest
I hold your picture to my chest and I feel fine

But it's a rainy night in Georgia, baby, it's a rainy night in Georgia
I feel it's rainin' all over the world, kinda lonely now
And it's rainin' all over the world

Oh, have you ever been lonely, people?
And you feel that it was rainin' all over this man's world
You're talking 'bout rainin', rainin', rainin', rainin', rainin', rainin', rainin'
Rainin', rainin' rainin', rainin', rainin'

 

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"Respect"
(originally by Otis Redding)

"Respect"
(originally by Otis Redding)



What you want baby I got
What you need
You know I got it
All I'm askin' is for a little respect
When you come home
Baby when you come home
Respect
I'm out to give you all my money
But all I'm askin in return honey
Is to give me my proper respect
When you get home
Yeah, baby, when you get home
I ain't gonna do you wrong while you gone
I ain't gonna do you wrong
'Cause I dont wanna
All I'm askin' is for a little respect
When you come home
Baby, when you come home
Respect
Ooh, your kisses, sweeter than honey
But guess what, so here's my money
All I want you to do for me
Is give me some respect when you get home
Yeah, baby, when you get home
R-E-S-P-E-C-T
Find out what it means to me
R-E-S-P-E-C-T
Take care, T-C-B
A little respect

 

[fox69]

"Rhythm Of The Rain"

"Rhythm Of The Rain"


Listen to the rhythm of the falling rain
Telling me just what a fool I've been
I wish that it would go and let me cry in vain
And let me be alone again

The only girl I care about has gone away
Looking for a brand new start
But little does she know
That when she left that day
Along with her she took my heart

Rain please tell me now does that seem fair
For her to steal my heart away when she don't care
I can't love another when my hearts somewhere far away

The only girl I care about has gone away
Looking for a brand new start
But little does she know that when she left that day
Along with her she took my heart

Rain won't you tell her that I love her so
Please ask the sun to set her heart aglow
Rain in her heart and let the love we knew start to grow

Listen to the rhythm of the falling rain
Telling me just what a fool I've been
I wish that it would go and let me cry in vain
And let me be alone again

Oh, listen to the falling rain
Pitter pater, pitter pater
Oh, oh, oh, listen to the falling rain
Pitter pater, pitter pater

 

[fox69]

"Rock Me A Little While"
(originally by Kim Weston)

"Rock Me A Little While"
(originally by Kim Weston)



I know you're leavin' me behind
I'm seein' you, darlin', for the very last time
Show a little tenderness before you go
Please let me feel your embrace once more
Take me in your arms and rock me, rock me a little while

We all must feel heartache sometimes
Right now, right now, I'm feelin' mine
I've tried my best to be strong, but I'm not able
I'm like a helpless child left in a cradle
Before you leave me behind, let me feel happy one more time
Take me in your arms and rock me, rock me a little while

I'm losin' you and my happiness
My life is so dark I must confess
I'll never, never see your smiling face no more
I'll never, never hear your knock upon my door
Before you leave me, leave me behind
Let me feel happy one more time
Take me in your arms and rock me, rock me a little while

 

[fox69]

"Rockin' Pneumonia - Boogie Woogie Flu"
(originally by Huey "Piano" Smith)

"Rockin' Pneumonia - Boogie Woogie Flu"
(originally by Huey "Piano" Smith)



I wanna jump, but I'm afraid I'll fall
I wanna holler, but the joint's too small
Young man rhythm's got a hold of me, too
I got the rockin' pneumonia and the boogie woogie flu

Want some lovin' babe and that ain't all
I wanna kiss her, but she's way too tall
Young man rhythm's got a hold of me, too
I got the rockin' pneumonia and the boogie woogie flu

Wanna squeeze her, but I'm way too low
I would be runnin' but my feets too slow
Young man rhythm's got a hold of me, too
I got the rockin' pneumonia and the boogie woogie flu

I wanna squeeze her, but I'm way too low
I would be runnin' but my feets too slow
Young man rhythm got a hold of me, too
I got the rockin' pneumonia and the boogie woogie flu

Baby comin', now, I'm hurryin' home
I know she's leavin', 'cause I'm takin' too long
Young man rhythm's got a hold of me, too
I got the rockin' pneumonia and the boogie woogie flu

 

[fox69]

"Roll Over Beethoven"
(originally by Chuck Berry)

"Roll Over Beethoven"
(originally by Chuck Berry)



I'm gonna write a little letter, gotta mail it to my local DJ
Well, it's rockin' little record I want my jockey to play
Roll over, Beethoven, I gotta hear it again today

You know my temperature's rising, the jukebox blows a fuse
My heart's beatin' rhythm, and my soul keeps singin' the blues
Roll over, Beethoven, and tell Tchaikovsky the news

Well, if you feel it, like it, go get your lover
Then reel and rock it, roll it over
Then move on up just a trifle further
Then reel and rock it, roll it over
Roll over, Beethoven, and dig these rhythm and blues

Well, early in the morning I'm giving you the warning
Don't you step on my blue suede shoes
Hey diddle-diddle, I'm a-playin' my fiddle, I ain't got nothing to lose
Roll over, Beethoven, and tell Tchaikovsky the news

You know she wiggles like a glow worm, dance like a spinning top
She's got a crazy partner, you ought to see them reel and rock
Long as she got a dime the music will never stop, alright

Roll over, Beethoven
Roll over, Beethoven
Roll over, Beethoven
Roll over, Beethoven
Roll over, Beethoven, and dig these rhythm and blues

 

[fox69]

"Rollin' Stone"

"Rollin' Stone"


Well, I wish I was a catfish,
swimmin in a oh, deep, blue sea
I would have all you good lookin women,
fishin, fishin after me
Sure 'nough, a-after me
Sure 'nough, a-after me
Oh 'nough, oh 'nough, sure 'nough

I went to my baby's house,
and I sit down oh, on her steps.
She said, "Now, come on in now, Muddy
You know, my husband just now left
Sure 'nough, he just now left
Sure 'nough, he just now left"
Sure 'nough, oh well, oh well

Well, my mother told my father,
just before hmmm, I was born,
"I got a boy child's comin,
He's gonna be, he's gonna be a rollin stone,
Sure 'nough, he's a rollin stone
Sure 'nough, he's a rollin stone"
Oh well he's a, oh well he's a, oh well he's a

Well, I feel, yes I feel,
feel that I could lay down oh, time ain't long
I'm gonna catch the first thing smokin,
back, back down the road I'm goin
Back down the road I'm goin
Back down the road I'm goin
Sure 'nough back, sure 'nough back

 

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"Rotation"

"Rotation"


Down goes the daily sun
Taking daylight with it when it's gone
Longer shadows bend into the night
Wait for morning to regain the light

Sunrise we do depend
On the morning light as it ascends
Brillance from the dusk is born
into daylight that it now adorns

[Chorus:]
Rotation
Spinnin' spinnin round
Rotation
Power so profound
Turning without sound
I'm standing on the ground
Speelbound

Round and round we go
Where we come from no one knows
Time spins the karmic wheel
Endless secrets waiting to reveal

Inside where no one hears
Silent hours take away the years
Ticking seconds slowly fade away
Come tomorrow to be yesterday

[Chorus]

Down goes the daily sun
Taking daylight with it when it's gone
Longer shadows bend into night
Wait for morning to regain the light

Love is how we came to be
And only love will set us free
Like a sailor sailin' on the sea
The spinnin' wheel brings you back to me

[Chorus]