[Verse 1]
You're gonna need somebody on your bond, baby
You're gonna need somebody on your bond, child
When it's late in a midnight
And old man Death comes slippin' in the room
You're gonna need somebody on your bond

[Verse 2]
Oh you take Mary and Martha standin up on the hillside
Mary explainin to Martha, "Darlin, look at the river deep and the water wide"
Here comes ole Moses, faithful Moses carryin stones up the hill
Tellin everybody they're gonna need somebody on their bond

[Harmonica solo: Taj Mahal]

With the horns now!
[Horns join in, harmonica solo continued]

[Verse 3]
Oh you take Mavis Staples and Claude Jeter
When they got the good side on their bonds
Oh, I been listenin the music people
Ever since the day I was born
My momma raised me in a room
Across from the church and the tree
And the sweet music used to comfort me
And I got the music to souls
God spelled music on my bond
[Verse 1]
Ooh you gonna need somebody on your bond
Child, you gonna need somebody on your bond
Oh it's late in a midnight
And old man death come a slipping in the room
Children you know you gonna need somebody on your bond

[Verse 4]
Yes you will, honey yes you will
(Gimme some help)
Yes you will, (gimme some), yes you will
(You can do it) you're jacked up to it
Oh baby when you move, let your body fly!
You're gonna need, if ya can't do it
You're gonna need somebody on your bond

Gimme some help horns!

[Verse 5]
Hallelujah! Hallelujah! Hallelujah!
Hallelujah! Get your ass into it!
Hallelujah hallelu-shake it!
Oh baby when you're walkin, I want to tell you
You just can't stop soul now!
You're gonna need somebody on my bond!
Again with the horns!
Come on horns!

[Verse 6]
Oh, got to get to, got to move me
Got to come on, come on, got to come on
Got to put ya, put ya, put ya, put ya
Put put put it on me
I got to tell you, baby
Oh, you're gonna need somebody on your bond

[Verse 7]
Aaaah, yes you will
Aaaah, yes you will
Ooooh, yes these blues make my body feel good
You're gonna need, honey somebody on your bond

Ooh, easy on me

[Verse 8]
Keep on pushin, pushin, pushin
Pushin, pushin, pushin, pushin
Pushin, pushin if you can, hey
Keep on pushin, pushin, pushin, pushin
Baby if you can't do it
You gotta get yourself a good time man
Everybody sometime have the blues
Oh and they gotta sit down and cry
But you know you're gonna need somebody
Somebody on your bond
[Verse 9]
Eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee, yes you will
Eeeeeeee ooh-oo-ooh, yes you will
Oh baby, oh baby
Ooh mama you know when you know you're wise
You're gonna need somebody on your bond

[Verse 10]
Eee, oo, ow, oh
Ooo, ow, oh
Yeahhhhhh, yee-yee-yee-ooh
You're gonna need, here we go, somebody on your bond