Down and out in london
los angeles
and paris too
i drank a river
in my time
to get on through
Well the night
it rise above you, rise above me
and the blues
they swirl around me
To the heart of soul
you gotta bleed a little while you sing
less the words
don't mean no thing
gotta get to the heart of soul
gotta get to the heart of soul
Get to the hip now baby
'fore the hip get to you -- lil' woman
try to bend me out of shape
can't tell me what to do
Well the night it rise above me
and those blues
they swirl around me
From the delta
down on the river
gonna, gonna, gonna go now baby
gonna find a little bit of heart of soul now baby, yeah
we need some heart of soul
in the world today now
a little bit of heart of soul now
in the world today
a little bit of soul
a little bit of heart of soul
a little heart of so, so, so, so, soul
What i want
is a heart of soul
what i want
what i need
is a heart of soul now
what i want
heart of soul yeah
what i want baby is a heart of soul
You got the heart, you got the soul
you got the heart of soul
You got the power, you got the heart
you got the soul