Natalie Merchant Lyrics
"Go Down, Moses"

Movin' on, movin' on
Isn't that what I'm supposed to do?
Just hold it back and keep movin' on
(Keep movin' on)

Pushin' on, pushin' on
Isn't that what I'm supposed to do?
But it's so hard
To keep pushin' on
(Pushin' on)

I'm movin' on, movin' on
Isn't that what everybody tells me I gotta do?
(Oh, yeah)
But it's so hard movin' on without you

Every mornin' waking in a fever
Wet and shaking
My heart inside me pounding
Muddy water all around me
Cold, shocked and speechless, can't anybody reach us?
And why? Oh, God, why?

Go down, go down, Moses
(Go down, Moses)
Go down to the city of New Orleans
(City of New Orleans)
Go part muddy water
(Part muddy water)
Let your people cross over
Go down (yeah)

I'm movin' on, movin' on
(Keep movin' on)
That's what I'm trying to do
Just holding back and...movin' on

Keeping on, keeping on, yeah
That's what I'm trying so hard to do
(Oh, yeah)
But it's so hard keeping on without you

Gone and lost my patience with this hopeless situation
Oh, yeah
I'm alive
I'm a lonely sole survivor
Spared me for some reason, so I'm picking up the pieces
But why? Oh, God, why?

Go down, go down, Moses
(Go down, Moses)
Go down to the city of New Orleans
(City of New Orleans)
And go part muddy water
(Part the muddy water)
Just let your people cross over
Go down (yeah)

(Go down
Oh, Moses, go down
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah)

(Oh, go down, Moses
Moses
Moses
Moses!
Sweet Moses!
Come on! Come on! Come on!
Yeah, yeah, yeah!)

(Sweet Moses!
Sweet Moses!)