Lyrics

[Intro] Old man river That old man river He just keeps rolling along [Verse 1] Mississippi river runnin' backwards Earthquakes shook the land It happened down here in 1912 It's happening here again [Verse 2] Feast and famine y'all fire and flood Abominations you understand Don't need no Old Testament prophet to tell me We ain't livin' in the promised land [Chorus] Everybody sing blow Gabriel blow Yeah blow that ragtime jazz Judgment day comin' down here y'all In the land of the razzmatazz [Verse 3] I saw carpet sweepers, microwave ovens I saw busted down television screens Empty TV Evangelist cats With their hair all slicked up with brill cream [Verse 4] Now the gospel news, truly real bad news No need to invent all the doom and gloom It's a one-legged race to the liquor store It's a hop skip and jump into the tomb [Chorus] Everybody sing blow Gabriel blow Yeah blow that ragtime jazz Judgment day comin' down here y'all In the land of the razzmatazz [Verse 5] Steamboat whistle blowing under water Everything is backwards and upside down Baby Moses in the bulrushes Paddling sideways to higher ground [Verse 6] Old ladies gamblin' inside river boat casinos Whirlpools swallowin' 'em down Insurance executives and Fuller brush salesmen Bushwhacked trying to leave town [Verse 7] But their lifeboats went backwards up the Mississippi River To the ancient Missouri south Up through I-O-way, Minn-uh-so-tie-yea Into the hands of a righteous God [Chorus] Everybody sing blow Gabriel blow Blow that ragtime jazz Judgment day coming down here y'all On the land of the razzmatazz [Outro] Everybody sing blow Gabriel blow Blow it out now Blow that ragtime jazz Judgment day comin' down here y'all On the land of the razzmatazz In the land of the razzmatazz In the land of the razzmatazz In the land of the razzmatazz