Take Me To The River

<p>[Intro]<br/>I&#x27;d like to dedicate this song to little Junior Parker<br/>A cousin of mine who&#x27;s gone on, but we&#x27;d like to kinda carry on in his name<br/>I sing<br/><br/>[Verse 1]<br/>I don&#x27;t know why I love you like I do<br/>After all these changes that you put me through<br/>You stole my money and my cigarettes<br/>And I haven&#x27;t seen hide nor hair of you yet<br/><br/>[Pre-Chorus]<br/>I wanna know, won&#x27;t you tell me<br/>Am I in love to stay?<br/><br/>[Chorus]<br/>Take me to the river and wash me down<br/>Won&#x27;t you cleanse my soul? Put my feet on the ground<br/>[Verse 2]<br/>I don&#x27;t know why she treated me so bad<br/>Look at all the things that we could have had<br/>Love is a notion that I can&#x27;t forget<br/>My sweet sixteen I will never regret<br/><br/>[Pre-Chorus]<br/>I wanna know, won&#x27;t you tell me<br/>Am I in love to stay?<br/><br/>[Instrumental Break]<br/><br/>[Pre-Chorus]<br/>Hold me, love me, please me, tease me<br/>Till I can&#x27;t, till I can&#x27;t, can&#x27;t take no more<br/><br/>[Chorus]<br/>Take me to the river<br/><br/>[Verse 3]<br/>I don&#x27;t know why I love you like I do<br/>After all the things that you put me through<br/>The sixteen candles are burning on my wall<br/>Turning me into the biggest fool of them all<br/><br/>[Pre-Chorus]<br/>I wanna know, can&#x27;t you tell me<br/>Am I in love to stay?<br/>[Chorus]<br/>I wanna know<br/>Take me to the river<br/>I wanna know<br/>Want you to dip me in the water<br/>I wanna know<br/>Won&#x27;t you wash me in the water?<br/>Wash me in the water<br/>Wash me in the water<br/>Won&#x27;t you wash me in the water?<br/>Feeling good