James Taylor — Mud Slide Slim

[Verse] Mud Slide Slim and the Blue Horizon Whoa, Mud Slide, I'm depending on you I don't know but I've been told There's a time from time to time I can't eat, I can't sleep But I just might move my feet Because there's nothing like the sound of sweet soul music To change a young lady's mind And there's nothing like a walk on down by the bayou To leave the world behind, whoa Mud Slide I'm depending upon you Mister Mud Slide Slim and the Blue Horizon I've been letting the time go by Letting the time go by Yes, I'm letting the time go by Letting the time go by I'm going to cash in my hand And pick upon a piece of land And build myself a cabin back in the woods Lord, it's there I'm going to stay Until there comes a day When this old world starts to changing for the good Now the reason I'm smiling Is over on an island On a hillside in the woods where I belong I want to thank Jimmy, Jimmy, John, Nick and Laurie The No Jets Construction For setting me down a homestead on the farm, whoa, ooooo Mud Slide, I'm depending upon you Mud Slide Slim and the Blue Horizon Night goes on and on, don't want to come at all Baby, baby, baby, I know on a Haiti day Stoney Lee Blue Borne picking on a fretless bass, yeah, yeah Oil Slick slipping and a sliding and a slapping on Kootcheroo! Ha ha ha, ha ha ha