long walk to d.c.

Singer:staple singers, the

it's a long walk to dc but i've got my walking shoes on

i can't take a plane

passer train

because my money ain't that long

america we believe

oh that you love us still

so people i'm gonna be under to wipe away my tears

i'll tell ya

it's a long walk to dc but i'm on

ooh

yes

i am

ooh yeah

but i know i'll make it some day

i know it's a whole lot of rocks and rifts before i make it there

should've been going on yesterday

but today i am a leaving here

i've got a dime for some coffee

i got a dime to buy me a cake

i gotta see the president no matter what it takes

i'll tell yah

it's a long walk to dc

yeah

but i'm lonely

oh yes i am ooh

yeah

but i know i'll make it some day

i know that its a whole lots of rocks and rifts before i make it there

i should have been going on yesterday but today i am a leaving here

i've got a dime for some coffee

'nother dime to buy me a cake

i gotta see the president

no matter what it takes

i'll tell ya

it's a long walk to dc but i'm on

ooh

yes

i am

ooh yeah

but i know i'll make it some day

i'm gonna step out of jackson

our mississippi town

through alabama

haw

you know i'm memphis bound

north carolina

virginia too

i gotta set my feet now on the national ground

yeah

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