Uphill Mountain

Big Joe Turner, Elmore James

street survivor selling walking canes

"Give your babies holy names for me"

I don’t know, but I’ve been told

you never grow up and you’ll never get old

you can watch the world being bought and sold

all on your T.V

Sometimes it gets a little rough

like the wheel's made of steel going an uphill mountain

better stand tall if you’re gonna stand at all

and if you’re gonna fall, well you might as well fall

build a house, honey make it home

gonna make a place man where I can be alone

don't the yard look pretty when it's overgrown?

standing six feet tall

this ain’t a riot but it’s a living

you’ve got to take just what you are given

cause luck only matters with the cards and the women

and sometimes not at all

sometimes it gets a little rough

like the wheel's made of steel going an uphill mountain

better stand tall if you’re gonna stand at all

and if you’re gonna fall well you might as well fall

Peeping tom said to Madame Rose

"I’ve seen you twice already without your clothes

what I suggest, honey what I propose

is that you see me without mine"

tell John Henry and Cassius Clay

swinging iron for a living is one hell of a way

but whatever you do don’t let your hammer stray

I believe we’ll be just fine

sometimes it gets a little rough

like the wheels made of steel going an uphill mountain

stand tall if you’re gonna stand at all

and if you’re gonna crawl well you might as well crawl

Oh, you might as well crawl