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[Chorus:]
Only you know and I know
All the love we've got to show,
So don't refuse to believe it
By reading too many meanings.

'Cause you know that I mean what I say,
So don't go and take me the wrong way.
You know you can't go on getting your own way,
'Cause if you do, it's going to get you someday.

I don't mean to mislead you,
It's just my craziness coming through.

Poor Elijah, living on the bayou way.
Poor Elijah, he had to take over raising fourteen kids
When his daddy got caught stealing chickens from a neighbor one day.
Work on Elijah, work on.

Poor Elijah, born the son of a slave.
Poor Elijah, he was damn near blind when he died last week
From working in the sun for the man like a dog all day.
Work on Elijah, work on.

Poor Elijah.
Poor Elijah.

You hold my hand when I've lost my way.
Have to bring me back when I've gone astray.
Someone to heal me when I'm in lots of pain.
That's what my man is for.

To help to tell me when I've done wrong,
Someone to help me to keep going on;
And when I get weak I know he'll make me strong.
That's what my man is for.

Someone to be my companion,
Someone who'll understand me,

Come on, everybody.
Come on, everybody.
Hey hey, hey hey hey, hey hey hey, hey.

You can bring joy
I never had.
I'm going to be right here
As long as it lasts.

[Chorus:]
And that's why
Things get better, baby,
When I'm with you, yeah.
Things get better, baby,
When I'm with you, yeah.

I can be lonely
If you can't be found, oh yeah,
But I'm not a lonely baby, baby.
You always surround.

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I'm going to sing you a song, listen to me.
I said it's all about a man.
Nobody, I said nobody hardly knows him.
Say it with me: nobody hardly knows him.
Say it one more time: nobody hardly knows him.

Good morning Robert Johnson son.
You built your life before your song was sung.
People agree and now you're number one.
So sad to think we had to wait so long.

Honey, when we're together,
It seems like we've both got a whole lot of nothing to say.
But I know if we try, we can work it out someday, good lord.
I know if we try, we can work it out someday.

[Chorus:]
Because I believe if there's a will,
Sure enough, honey, there's a way.
If there's a will, yeah yeah,
Sure enough, honey, there's a way, oh lord.

There ain't no need to worry,