You're gonna need somebody on your bond child
You're gonna need somebody on your bond
When it's late 'round midnight and old man
Death comes slippin' into the room
You're gonna need somebody on your bond

Mary and Martha standin' up in the hillside
Mary explainin' to Martha, "Darlin', look at the water deep and the river wide"
Here comes ole Moses, faithful Moses he pulling his stones up the hill
Tellin' everybody they're gonna need somebody on their bond

I gotta play [ ] this gospel now

Take it take it ole Corn Cheevers [unverified] and Mavis Staples
They got the good side on their bond
Oh, I been listenin', tellin' people people people ever since the day I was born
My momma raised me in a room across from the church by the tree

And that sweet gospel music, oh how it used to comfort me
Tellin' everybody they're gonna need somebody on their bond