Harry Belafonte
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Roll On Buddy

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Page type: lyric reference Artist: Harry Belafonte Canonical path: /harry-belafonte/roll-on-buddy Related lyric paths: 6
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Roll On Buddy

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Well you gotta roll on buddy, roll on easy

How can I roll ,when the wheel won't go

I've been rollin´ yes and I've been wheeling

Just a little too long, just a little too long

Well early in the morning, I find myself praying

That the sun don't rise, that the sun don't rise

When that sun's gotta movin´ captain done call me

To country road, to country road

Grab a my hammer, hammer is a burnin´

From the blazing sun, from the blazing sun

Forty pound a hammer just a little to heavy

For my size buddy for my size

Oh roll on buddy, roll on easy

How can I roll, when the wheel won't go

Sometimes I get a sayin´, sometimes I get a prayin´

That I never been born, that I never been born

When a man's on a chain gang all his days

Something done gone wrong, something sure is wrong

All this sweat all down my face

Never cool my tongue, never cool my tongue

Well I won't lay down somewhere that's shading

Let the cop pass by let the cop pass by

Now ain't that a shame, shame, shame ´bout the captain

That boy don't know that he bound to die

Roll on buddy roll on easy

How can I roll when the wheel won't go

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