WE'RE SUPPOSED
TO START WORK
DOWN ON THE RIVER
TODAY
AND FOR JOE AND ME
IT'S SOME
PRETTY GOOD PAY
NOW I WAS
COUNTIN' ON HIM
TO BE AT THE DOCK
BY TEN
A WEEK'S PAY SAYS
HE'S STILL AT HOME
'CAUSE THE BOY'S
IN HIS OWN TIME ZONE
I'M A-WAITIN' ON JOE
OH WHAT DO YA KNOW
TIME FLIES FAST AND
HE IS SLOWER THAN A
I TOLD HIM
OVER AND OVER
NOW DON'T YOU BE LATE
AW BUT LIKE ALWAYS
I'M JUST SITTIN' ON GO
AND WAITIN' ON JOE
YEAH
TOWBOAT'S A-LEAVIN'
'CAUSE IT DON'T CARE
WHAT'S NOT ON BOARD
AND WHO'S NOT THERE
ONCE THAT
WHISTLE BLOWS
DOWN THE MIGHTY RIVER
IT ROLLS
MAN IF I COULD BE
MORE LIKE THAT
I'D GET ON WITH MY LIFE
AND NEVER LOOK BACK
INSTEAD OF
WAITIN' ON JOE
OH WHAT DO YA KNOW
TIME FLIES FAST AND
HE IS SLOWER THAN A
I TOLD HIM
OVER AND OVER
NOW DON'T YOU BE LATE
AW BUT LIKE ALWAYS
I'M JUST SITTIN' ON GO
AND WAITIN' ON JOE
WAITIN' ON JOE
AND HE'S IN A HURRY
'CAUSE HE'S
RUNNIN' BEHIND
NOW I'M NOT ONE
TO WORRY
BUT I'VE GOT A REAL BAD
FEELIN' THIS TIME
WOH OH OH
OOH WOH OH OH
'CAUSE SIRENS
ARE CRYIN'
ALL THROUGH THIS TOWN
YEAH
AND ONE OL' BOY SAID
HEY JOE
NEVER SLOWED DOWN
HE TRIED TO BEAT
THAT MORNIN' TRAIN
MY LIFE'LL
NEVER BE THE SAME
I DIDN'T EVEN
TELL MY BROTHER
GOODBYE
LORD I WISH SOMEHOW
HE COULD SEND ME
A SIGN
YEAH
I'M A-WAITIN' ON JOE
OH WHAT DO YA KNOW
TIME FLIES FAST AND
HE IS SLOWER THAN A
I TOLD HIM
OVER AND OVER
NOW DON'T YOU BE LATE
AW BUT LIKE ALWAYS
I'M JUST SITTIN' ON GO
AND WAITIN' ON JOE
WAITIN' ON JOE