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Artist: Otis Redding
Canonical path: /otis-redding/down-in-the-valley
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Down In The Valley
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Down In The Valley
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Down in the valley
In the valley so low
Hang your head over your shoulders
And you can hear
The four winds blow now
Now can't you hear the wind blow, my love
Can't you hear the wind blow
Way down in the valley
In the valley so low now
Now have you ever been lonely, lonely
Now have you ever been sad
Did you ever really need someone, oh my
You really need 'em bad
Got to, got to, got to (ad lib)
It was down in the valley
In the valley so low
It was when i held you so tight
How can i ever let you go go go go
Now it was down
Down, down, down, down
Down, down in the valley so low, oh my
When i held, baby, you so tight
How could i ever let you go now
Good god
Too much, too much,
Too much groovin' now
Too much, got to
Down in the valley
Was down in the valley
So low, so low
We can't go no further
Way down, way down, too much, got to
Groovin', groovin', groovin', got to
We can't, we can't, we can't
We can't, we can't, we can't
We can't go no further now
Got ot, got to
Good god almighty, we got to
Got to groovin', groovin', groovin'
Too much rhythm, got to rock it
Rock it, got to
A good time's what we're havin'
We got to, got to keep on
Keep on groovin'
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