Page type: lyric reference
Artist: Fred McDowell
Canonical path: /fred-mcdowell/you-gotta-move
Related lyric paths: 6
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You Gotta Move
Read You Gotta Move lyrics by Fred McDowell on LyroVerse, with linked artist context and related song paths.
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You Gotta Move
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You got to move
You got to move
You got to move, child
You got to move
But when the Lord
Gets ready
You got to move
You may be high
You may be low
You may be rich, child
You may be po'
But when the Lord gets ready
You've got to move
You see that woman
That walk the street
You see the policeman
Out on his beat
But when the Lord gets ready
You got to move
You got to move
You got to move
You've got to move, child
You've got to
But when the Lord gets ready
You got to move.
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Fred McDowell performs "You Gotta Move", and this lyric page sits inside the Fred McDowell catalog on LyroVerse.
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