DOWN LOOKS UP TO ME  

I been down in the valley
I felt so alone
Didn’t see nothing down there  
But tombstone and dry bone 

And I been down to the river
Down to the river shore
Singing trouble soon be over
Trouble come no more 

Cause I been down so long
Down looks up to me
I been down so long
Down looks up to me 

I came looking for salvation
I only found a place to hide
In this rundown way station  
By the highway side 

I ain’t seen nothing but trouble  
Won’t you have mercy on me
Take me down to the water
And set my spirit free 

Cause I been down so long
Down looks up to me
I been down so long
Down looks up to me 

Sometimes I feel I can’t make it
I’m so weary too
Got no one down here with me  
Who sees what I been through 

I chopped wood and I split it
Laid it in the rich man’s door
But he wouldn’t pay my wages  
He said don’t you come back no more 

Been a stranger when I come here
Be a stranger when I go
Mister won’t you help me  
Find my way back home

Cause I been down so long
Down looks up to me
I been down so long  
Down looks up to me