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The Vision of Rassan: Dedication / Roll On Kirk

Eric Burdon
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This is my, my dedication A son to a father From one to another One to another A brother to a brother Cast your mind back To black Africa Little wooden ships Crossing the ocean Little wooden ships Landing on the shoreline The name of the place, Lord Is New Orleans Remember Jelly Roll Morton Later Charlie Bird Parks Traveling to the north, yes Charlie Bird Parks People going insane, yes John Coltrane, Lord But can you dig on his name now? I say it's Roll On Kirk, now Make 'em work, make 'em work, make 'em work Roll on Kirk, yeah Make 'em work, make 'em work, make 'em work Roll on Kirk, Lord Tell you one more time Make 'em work, make 'em work, make 'em work Roll on, roll on Kirk, Lord Make 'em work, make 'em work, make 'em work Roll on Kirk, yeah Watch him move Every movement he speaks now See his tender fingers The strength in his cheeks now He does a little dance And he stomps both his feet now Hear him moan and moan and blow The bellows in his cheeks now Come on, baby Make 'em work, make 'em work, make 'em work Roll on Kirk Go, baby Make 'em work, make 'em work, make 'em work Roll on Kirk, Lord Come aboard his ship It is a beautiful trip, Lord You're welcome aboard, yes Especially if you're hip, child Watch him closely While he makes love to the world now He makes a woman aware of man Ooh, a man of a girl now Oh Make 'em work, make 'em work, make 'em work Roll on, roll on Kirk, yeah Ow Make 'em work, make 'em work, make 'em work Make 'em work, roll on Kirk now Yeah, the captain's at the wheel, Lord Take you on a trip, yeah You've all got to answer To the invisible whip now It's driving me on, Lord I've got to go further Help me, sister Help me, brother Take my hand, yeah And lead me to the man, Lord Lead me to my father Come on with me, brother Mmm, children Little bitty children, yeah Mmm Make 'em work, make 'em work, make 'em work Roll on Kirk, Lord Make 'em work, make 'em work, make 'em work Roll on Kirk, Lord Make 'em work, make 'em work Roll on Kirk, Lord Mmm Everything has a dream Everything has a scheme Let's search for The reasons to get, Lord The reason to get, Lord Mmm Make 'em work, make 'em work, make 'em work Roll on Kirk, make 'em work Baby Little bitty baby Rassah Rassah Rassah Rassah