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 DA YA' KNOW
TIME FLIES FAST AND
HE IS SLOWER THAN 'A
I TOLD HIM
OVER AND OVER NOW
DON'T YOU BE LATE
AH 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 DA YA' KNOW
TIME FLIES FAST
AND HE IS SLOWER
THAN 'A
I TOLD HIM
OVER AND OVER NOW
DON'T YOU BE LATE
AH 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
WOAH OH WOAH
WOAH OH WOAH 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 DA YA' KNOW
TIME FLIES FAST
AND HE IS SLOWER
THAN 'A
I TOLD HIM
OVER AND OVER NOW
DON'T YOU BE LATE
AH BUT LIKE ALWAYS
I'M JUST SITTIN' ON GO
AND WAITIN' ON JOE
WAITIN' ON JOE