Down and out in London
   Los Angeles and Paris, too, uh-huh
   I drank a river in my time
   To get on through, yeah
  
   Well, the night, it rise above you, rise above me
   And the blues, they swirl around me
  
   To the heart of soul
   You got to bleed a little while you sing
   Lest the words don't mean nothing, no
   Get to the heart of soul
   Gotta get to the heart of soul, yeah
  
   Get to the hip, now baby
   'Fore the hip get to you, lil' woman
   Try to bend me out of shape
   Can't tell me, can't tell me what to do, little honey
  
   Well, the night, it rise above me, rise above me, yeah
   And those blues, they swirl around me, ooh, ooh
  
   To the heart of soul
   You gotta bleed a little while you sing
   Lest the words don't mean nothing, no
   Ow, get to the heart of soul, yeah
   Gotta get to the heart of soul
  
   You gotta bleed a little while your singing, yeah, yeah, yeah
   Lest the words don't mean nothing, no
   Get to the heart of soul, yeah
   Baby, heart of soul, ow
  
   From the delta
   Down on the river
   We need some heart of soul
   In the world today now
   A little bit of heart of soul now
   In the world today
   A little bit of soul now
   A little heart of so-so-so-so, soul
  
   You gotta bleed a little while your singing, yeah, yeah, yeah
   Lest the words don't mean nothing, no they don't, no
   Get to the heart of soul, yeah
   Ow, baby, heart of soul
  
   What I want
   Is a heart of soul
   What I want
   What I need
   Is a heart of soul now
   What I want
   Heart of soul yeah
   What I want baby is a heart of soul
  
   You got the heart, you got the soul
   You got the heart of soul
  
   You got the power, you got the heart
   You got the soul