Poor Lazarus
...captain told 'em
"Go out and bring me Lazarus"
Well the captain told 'em
"Go out and bring me Lazarus"
Well the captain told 'em
"Go out and bring me Lazarus
Bring him dead or alive, lawd, lawd
Bring him dead or alive."
Well the captain found Lazarus
Way between two mountains
Well the captain found Lazarus
Way between two mountains
Well the captain found Lazarus
Way between two mountains
With his head on down, down, down
With his head on down
Well they shot poor Lazarus
With a great big number
And they shot poor Lazarus
With a great big number
Well they shot poor Lazarus
With a great big number
A number forty-fo', fo', fo'
Number forty-fo'
Well they taken poor Lazarus
And laid him on the commissary counter
Well they taken poor Lazarus
Then laid him on the commissary counter
Well they taken poor Lazarus
Then laid him on the commissary counter
And they walked away, way, way
And they walked away
Well Lazarus told the captain:
"Give me a cool drink of water"
Well the captain told Lazarus, said:
"Give me a cool drink of water"
Well Lazarus told the captain, said:
"Give me a cool drink of water
Jus' before I die, die, die
Jus' before I die"
Well Lazarus' sister
She couldn't go to the funeral
Poor Lazarus' sister
She couldn't go to the funeral
Poor Lazarus' sister
She couldn't go to the funeral
She didn't have no shoes, shoes, shoes
Didn't have no shoes
"Go out and bring me Lazarus"
Well the captain told 'em
"Go out and bring me Lazarus"
Well the captain told 'em
"Go out and bring me Lazarus
Bring him dead or alive, lawd, lawd
Bring him dead or alive."
Well the captain found Lazarus
Way between two mountains
Well the captain found Lazarus
Way between two mountains
Well the captain found Lazarus
Way between two mountains
With his head on down, down, down
With his head on down
Well they shot poor Lazarus
With a great big number
And they shot poor Lazarus
With a great big number
Well they shot poor Lazarus
With a great big number
A number forty-fo', fo', fo'
Number forty-fo'
Well they taken poor Lazarus
And laid him on the commissary counter
Well they taken poor Lazarus
Then laid him on the commissary counter
Well they taken poor Lazarus
Then laid him on the commissary counter
And they walked away, way, way
And they walked away
Well Lazarus told the captain:
"Give me a cool drink of water"
Well the captain told Lazarus, said:
"Give me a cool drink of water"
Well Lazarus told the captain, said:
"Give me a cool drink of water
Jus' before I die, die, die
Jus' before I die"
Well Lazarus' sister
She couldn't go to the funeral
Poor Lazarus' sister
She couldn't go to the funeral
Poor Lazarus' sister
She couldn't go to the funeral
She didn't have no shoes, shoes, shoes
Didn't have no shoes
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- Alabama Bound
- Moaning (I'll Soon Be Gone)
- Job, Job
All Album Tracks: Deep River of Song: Alabama: From Lullabies to Blues >
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