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Aretha Franklin - Bridge Over Troubled Water - LIVE 1971
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They better
(Go on Aretha)
(Don't trouble the water)
Don't trouble the water
(Leave it alone)
(Why don't you, why don't you, let it be)
Hmm, call
(Still waters run deep)
Still waters run deep
(Yes it does)
Yes they do
(Whoa yeah, yeah)
When you're down
If you look up and see yourself on the street
When evening falls
(When evening falls)
So hard
(So hard)
I'll be there for you
I'll take your part
I'll take it when darkness falls
And pain is all, is all around
Just like a bridge, over troubled water
I'll be there to lay me down
(Like a bridge)
Just like a bridge
(Over troubled water)
Over, over troubled and stormy waters
I'll be there to lay me down
(Oh, lay me down, oh lay me down)
Yes we
Yes we
Sail on sailor boy
Sail on by
The time has come to shine
All of your dreams are on their way
(See how they shine)
See how, see how they shine
Oh, if you ever need a friend
(Need a friend)
If you ever do, look around, I'm sailing right
(Oh)
Sailing right behind
(Like a bridge)
Like, like a bridge
(Over troubled water)
Like a bridge, oh
Over troubled water
I swear I'll be there, I'll be there to lay me down
(Like a bridge)
Whoa yeah, like a bridge
(Over troubled water)
Over troubled water
I'm gon be there, gon be there
To lay me down
(Oh, lay me down, oh lay me down)
Oh, yes I will
(Don't trouble the water)
Said, don't trouble the waters
(Leave it alone)
Leave it alone
(Why don't you, why don't you, let it be)
Why don't you let em' be because
(Still waters run deep)
Still waters run so deep, oh
(Yes it does, oh yeah, yeah)
Yes it do
(Woo)
All right?
Are we movin' in the right direction?
Written by: Paul Simon

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