GONNA RISE UP [ R&B/country-blues ] Click Here for Free Song Download         Times were lean but we scrapped by in our humble little delta home         Raised crawfish in the pond, traded them for rice and corn         Then the muddy river rose up, Lord, an' it swallowed our whole town         Left a 200-ton boat on the bridge with it's prop just spinnin’ around               Someday, we're gonna rise above this tide               Build a bridge across the great American divide               We’ll be dancin’ in the street to a united heart beat               Oh, someday, we're gonna rise up         Now, in this hour of tragedy, it seems like everyone is torn         Between red an’ blue, left an’ right, wealthy and forlorn         But if we don’t pull together, cast our difference to the wind         The liberty bell’s gonna split apart, it’s either sink or swim               Someday, we're gonna rise above this tide               An' build a bridge across the great American divide               We’ll be dancin’ in the street to a united heart beat               Oh, someday, we're gonna rise up         I held my sweet baby close to me as she slowly, slowly passed away         Sing out Crescent City’s song, gonna rise again someday               Oh, someday, we're gonna rise above this tide               Build a bridge across this great American divide               We’ll be dancin’ in the street to a united heart beat               Oh, someday, we're gonna rise up         Gonna rise up               Oh, someday, we're gonna rise above this tide               An' build a bridge across the great American divide               And this flood of tears we’ve all cried will one day long be dried               Oh, someday, someday, we're all gonna rise up               Oh, I believe, we're all gonna rise up, yeah * * Dedicated to Clarence Gatemouth Brown, one of the greatest musician/artists to ever grace the shores of this land called America, whose death at the age of 81, shortly after evacuating his home in New Orleans, is thought to have largely been from heartbreak in the wake of the devastation caused by Hurricane Katrina to his beloved city; and to Antoine Fats Domino, American Bourbon Street treasure, who was lost and is now found.             Copyright © by Richard Aberdeen ASCAP Copyright © by Razzy Bailey Music ASCAP        No part of this material may be reproduced or utilized in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including printing, photocopying, recording or by any information storage or retrieval system, without permission in writing from publisher. Inquiries:  Freedom Tracks Records.  Essays entitled Revolution and Revolution -- Side B are open copyright and may be reproduced or utilized as often as one likes.