Stuck behind a chicken truck
My baby sleeping in the back
Driving out the demons
As the feathers blow on past
Burning up the sky
Two crackers in the summertime
Dwelling on the cage while life flies by
Roll Jordan roll, roll Jordan roll
Roll Jordan roll
Action Jackson all the way to that Mississippi town (Mississippi town)
Where Medgar Evers haunts me
I swear, he follows me around
I saw him riding with Christ's Calvary
And the horses and the hounds (horses and the hounds)
Singing, "Joy is thy victory"
At the revival picnic ground
Death, where is thy sting to be found?
"Sixteen miles to that Memphis jail"
The sheriff tells me with a smile
He said, "I made a hundred trips
It's quiet, I'm bored right now"
Miss Drew got down
Dancing with James Brown
She said, "In '63, I was a society queen"
They say, "Everything is fine"
Two crackers giving me the low down
But if it's trouble they want
Then it's trouble they will find
Roll Jordan roll, roll Jordan roll
Mama's got a brand-new bag
Action Jackson all the way to that Tennessee town (Tennessee town)
Where Martin Luther haunts me
I swear, he follows me around, singing
"Death, where is thy sting to be found?"
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Dream little child, dream until you can't
Caped crusaders and hapless chance
Don't get caught squandering the good times
Dwelling on the cage while life flies by
Roll Jordan roll, roll Jordan roll
Roll Jordan roll
Action Jackson all the way to that Mississippi town (Mississippi town)
Where Medgar Evers haunts me
I swear, he follows me around
Riding with Christ's Calvary
And the horses and the hounds (horses and the hounds)
Singing, "Joy is thy victory"
At the revival picnic ground
"Death, where is thy sting to be found?"
I open my window, spring is on the bloom
I'm burying the bones, I'm coming home, make me some room
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I'm jumping on that joy train
Y'all make me some room