Any Other Night - lyrics

I DON’T WANT THIS JOB

I don't want this job – I don't need this job –
y'all don't pay enough – go find another sucker –
I don't need nobody – to walk me out the door cause –
I got someone out front – who is waiting for me

I've been shuffling down – dank and dusty hallways –
and it made me numb – but said it did keep us all ways
and I've been filing papers –
for a boss that hawks and hovers –
believing all the while – that I that I had lost my lover

And don't apologize – because I won't believe you (anymore)

So I don't want this job – and I don't need this job –
y'all don't pay enough – go find another sucker –
I have been too distant – from myself and from my lover –
and I won't keep you waiting – must leave one to join the other

NO SHOES ON THE RUG / TIXKO

Instrumental

DOWN TO THE WATER

I go down to the water
to sit and be still

When the god that I could recognize
was a god that I had wrought
and every face he made was a fraud
boy—you surprised me
when love is who you are
Love is who you are—
you're love

I go down to the water
to sit and be still

AIN’T NO GRAVE

I dreamt I died, no longer could I see
I dreamt I died, no longer could I see
I dreamt I died, no longer could I see
but I heard my woman a-wailing over me

Ain't no grave gonna keep my body down
Ain't no grave gonna keep my body down
When I hear that trumpet sound,
I'm gonna rise up outta the ground
Ain't no grave gonna keep my body down

My wasted years, no not one will return
My wasted days, no not one will return
My wasted hours, no not one will return
and I hear those shovels a-piling on top of me

Ain't no grave gonna keep my body down
Ain't no grave gonna keep my body down
When I hear that trumpet sound,
I'm gonna rise up outta the ground
Ain't no grave gonna keep my body down

Oh my Lord—if a blind eye can see
Oh my God—if a slave can be set free
Oh my Jesus—if it has no hold on thee
Take my hand—come and wake me from my sleep

Ain't no grave gonna keep my body down
Ain't no grave gonna keep my body down
When I hear that trumpet sound,
I'm gonna rise up outta the ground
Ain't no grave gonna keep my body down

Roll away that stone
Roll away that stone
Ain't no grave gonna
keep my body down