Listen to me boy...
this ain't no story...
we're going down by the river...and it's a dangerous place down there.
Down by the river.

Cause down by the river,
there's a whole lot going on.
Yes, down by the river,there's a whole lot going on.
So ya better stay close, this ain't no joke,
cause down by the river, there's a whole lot going on.
Down by the river.

There's a voodoo lady, she got snakes in her hair.
There's a voodoo lady, she got snakes in her hair.
She's a dangerous lady, that ain't no mabey,
she's an evil lady, she's voodoo crazy...
Down by the river.

See twenty years ago, I came from Muscle Shoals,
to see the voodoo lady, to drink from her bowl.
I was out of control.
Down by the river.

She made a potion of love, Oh heavens above,
this voodoo lady, she made me drink it all...
From a dead mans skull.
Down by the river.

For three nights and three days,
I was in a voodoo haze,
Down by the river.
I was out of control,
I was only seventeen years old,
Down by the river.
And we made voodoo love, under the moons above,
and all over, the hells down below.
Down by the river.


So I'm taking you there, to see the voodoo lady,
She's your momma boy, she's voodoo crazy,
way beyond control, and I'm bought and sold.

You see I owe her boy,
I sold her boy,
I gotta give to her...
my very soul.
Down by the river.

So remember boy.

Down by the river, there's a whole lot going on.
Yeah down by the river, there's a whole lot going on.
So ya better stay close, that ain't no joke,
Cause down by the river , there's a whole lot going on.
Down by the river.

It's a dangerous place down there.
Down by the River.

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