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Tina Turner: One Last Time
08/10/24 | 1h 30m 7s | Rating: TV-PG
Filmed on 18 cameras at London's Wembley Stadium, this concert is as spectacular as the legendary Tina Turner. Her energetic and moving performance includes hits such as "River Deep Mountain High," "Let's Stay Together," "What's Love Got to Do With It," "The Best," and "Proud Mary."
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Tina Turner: One Last Time
[ Cheers and applause ] -Work like you don't need the money.
Love like you've never been hurt.
Dance like nobody's watching.
Ladies and gentlemen, Tina Turner.
[ Cheers and applause ] [ Intro to "I Want to Take You Higher" plays ] - Hey, hey, hey, hey Higher Higher Higher Higher Higher Higher Higher Whoo!
Boom shaka-laka-laka Boom shaka-laka Hey, hey, hey, hey Beat is getting stronger Music's getting longer, too Music's sounding good to me I want to I want to I want to take you higher Let me take you higher Baby, baby, let me light your fire Whoo!
A little bit higher Whoo!
Boom shaka-laka-laka Boom shaka-laka Hey, hey, hey, hey Beat is here to make you move Music's here to help you groove Music's sounding good to me But don't you, but don't you Don't you want to get higher?
Ah, yeah Say you want to get higher Baby, baby, let me light your fire Whoo!
Get a little bit higher Whoo!
Boom shaka-laka-laka Boom shaka-laka Go Hey, hey, hey, hey Come on, baby - Higher - You want to get high - Higher - Whoo!
- Higher - Light your fire - Higher - Come on, babe - Higher - Little bit high - Higher - I want to - Higher - Said I want to light your fire - Higher - Whoo!
Boom shaka-laka-laka Boom shaka-laka Hey, hey, hey, hey Hey!
[ Cheers and applause ] Hi, everybody!
[ Cheers and applause ] I said, "Hi, everybody!"
[ Cheers and applause ] Oh, wonderful.
You look absolutely wonderful out there.
[ Cheers and applause ] [ Chuckling ] Is everybody here?
[ Cheers and applause ] [ Chuckling ] Well, this next song is called "Absolutely Nothing's Changed."
[ Intro to "Absolutely Nothing's Changed" plays ] Absolutely nothing's changed Changed, changed, changed, changed, changed Changed, changed, changed, changed, changed, changed Changed, changed This is my heart talking It's time to face reality This spell I'm under Can't last much longer Any fool can see You come here with your promises But I remember all the lies I bought the laughter, happy ever after How could I have been so blind?
So blind But absolutely nothing's changed You play with my emotions I'll live to fight another day I may be bruised But I ain't broken I ain't broken I ain't broken I ain't broken Now you say you're sorry For everything you put me through You want to make up I just got to wake up You're still the same old you The same old you But absolutely nothing's changed You play with my emotions I'll live to fight another day I may be bruised But I ain't broken I ain't broken I've been dreaming But it's over now Bad dreams are over now I'm gonna rise up Rise above All the troubles and tears I'm down, but I ain't out Play with my emotions I may be bruised But I ain't broken, oh Absolutely nothing's changed Absolutely nothing I'm gonna live - Live - Fight - Fight - Another day I may be bruised I ain't broken, oh - Absolutely nothing's changed - Absolutely nothing And I'm gonna live - Live - Fight - Fight - Another day I may be bruised But I ain't broken Absolutely nothing's changed [ Cheers and applause ] -[ Chuckles ] This is...
This is -- This is wonderful.
Is everybody all right?
[ Cheers and applause ] Are you in a good mood?
[ Cheers and applause ] Fantastic.
I'm going to take you on the journey of my career this evening... [ Cheers and applause ] ...starting from now, all the way back to the beginning.
And the beginning was 1960.
[ Cheers and applause ] And my first record was... Whoa There's something on my mind Won't somebody please Please Tell me what's wrong?
- You're just a fool You know you're in love - What'd you say?
- You've got to face it To live in this world - Hey, hey, hey, hey - You take the good - Hey - Along with the bad Sometimes you're happy And sometimes you're sad - One more time - You know you love him But you can't understand - Tell me about it - Why he treats you like he do When he's such a good man - He's got me smiling when I should be ashamed Got me laughing when my heart is in pain Oh, no, I must be a fool Cause I'll do anything he wants me to How come?
- You're just a fool You know you're in love - Tell me one more time - You've got to face it To live in this world - Hey, hey, hey, hey You take the good - Hey - Along with the bad Sometimes you're happy And sometimes you're sad - Tell me one more time - You know you love him But you can't understand - Tell me about it - Why he treats you like he do When he's such a good man - Without my man I don't want to live You think I'm lying But I'm telling it like it is He's got my nose open And that's no lie And I, I'm gonna keep him satisfied Well, how come?
- You're just a fool You know you're in love - Tell it one more time - You've got to face it To live in this world - No, how come?
- You take the good Along with the bad - Tell me how come - Sometimes you're happy And sometimes you're sad - Tell me one more time - You know you love him But you can't understand - Tell me about it - Why he treats you like he do When he's such a good man - Tell me - Doo doo doo doo - Tell me one more time - Doo doo doo doo - Hey, hey, hey, hey - Doo doo doo doo - Hey, hey - Doo doo doo doo - Tell me one more time - Doo doo doo doo - Whoo - Doo doo doo [ Intro to "Acid Queen" plays ] - If your boy Ain't what he could be now This girl will put him right I'll show him What he could be now Just give me one night I'm the gypsy Acid Queen Pay me before I start Gypsy Guaranteed To tear your soul apart Ha ha!
Give us a room Close the door Leave us for a while You won't be a boy no more Young But not a child I'm the gypsy Acid Queen Pay me before I start Gypsy Guaranteed To tear your soul apart Ha ha!
Yeah!
[ Laughs evilly ] [ Intro to "River Deep, Mountain High" plays ] When I was a little girl I had a rag doll The only doll I've ever owned - Doo doo doo doo - Now I love you just the way I loved that rag doll Only now my love has grown - Doo doo doo - And it gets stronger In every way - In every way - And it gets deeper Let me say - Let me say - And it gets higher Day by day - Day by day - Oh Do I love you?
My, oh, my - Ahh - Ah, river deep Mountain high And if I lost you Would I cry?
- Ahh - Oh, how I love you, baby Baby, baby, baby When you were a young boy Did you have a puppy That always followed you around?
- Doo doo doo doo - Well, I'm gonna be as faithful as that puppy No, I'll never let you down - Doo doo doo - It goes on and on Like a river flows - River flows - It gets sweeter, babe And heaven knows - Heaven knows - Said that it gets sweeter, babe As it grows - As it grows - Oh Do I love you?
My, oh, my - Ahh - Ah, river deep Mountain high Yeah, yeah, yeah And if I lost you Would I cry?
- Ahh - Oh, how I love you, baby Baby, baby, baby I love you, baby, like a flower loves the spring And I love you, honey, like a robin loves to sing And I love you, baby, like a schoolboy loves his pet I love you, honey, rivers deep and mountains high, baby - Baby - Baby - Baby - Little baby Little baby - Baby Baby - Yeah, oh Do I love you?
My, oh, my - Ahh - Ah, river deep Mountain high, yeah And if I lost you Would I cry?
- Ahh - Oh, how I love you, baby Baby, baby, baby Oh!
[ Cheers and applause ] Okay?!
[ Intro to "We Don't Need Another Hero" plays ] Out of the ruins Out from the wreckage Can't make the same mistake this time We are the children The last generation - The last generation - We are the ones they left behind And I wonder when we are ever gonna change, change Living under the fear Till nothing else remains We don't need another hero We don't need to know the way home All we want is life beyond the thunderdome Looking for something We can rely on There's got to be something better out there Mmm Love and compassion That day is coming - Coming - All else are castles built in the air And I wonder when we are ever gonna change, change Living under the fear Till nothing else remains All the children say We don't need another hero - We... - Don't need to know the way home All we want is life beyond the thunderdome What do we do with our lives?
We won't leave a mark Will our story shine like a light Or end in the dark?
Is it all or nothing?
[ Instrumental solo ] We don't need another hero, hero - We - Don't need to know the way home All we want is life beyond the thunderdome All the children say - We don't need another hero - We don't need another hero - We don't need to know the way home All we want is life beyond the thunderdome Yeah [ Cheers and applause ] [ Intro to "Better Be Good to Me" plays ] A prisoner of your love Entangled in your web Hot whispers in the night Captured by your spell Captured Oh, I'm touched by this show of emotion Should I be fractured by your lack of devotion?
Should I?
Should I?
Oh, you better be good to me That's how it's got to be, now 'Cause I don't have no use For what you loosely call the truth You better be good to me So be good Ow!
I think it's only right We don't need to fight We stand face to face And you present your case Well, I know you keep telling me that you love me And I really do want to believe But did you think I'd just accept you in blind faith?
Sure, babe Anything to please you You better be good to me That's how it's got to be, now 'Cause I don't have no use For what you loosely call the truth You better be good to me So be good Be good to me Oh, yeah, yeah 'Cause I don't have no use For what you loosely call the truth Don't have the time for your overloaded lines Be good Be good to me Be good Be good to me Be good Be good to me Be good Be good to me Yeah, be Be good to me Can't you be Be good to me?
Yeah, be Be good to me I said be Be good to me Yeah, be Be good to me I said be Be good to me Yeah, baby Be good to me I said be Be good to me Yeah, be Be good to me I said be Be good to me Yeah, be Be good to me Yeah, be Be good to me Yeah, be Be good to me Can't you be Be good to me?
Can't you be Be good to me?
I said be Be good to me Hey, hey - Be good to me Can't you be Be good to me?
Can't you be Be good to me?
Can't you be Be good to me?
Can't you be Be good to me?
- Oh, 1, 2 1, 2 1, 2 Come on, put your hands together!
Whoo!
Check it!
Come on, yeah Be good Be good to me You say it!
Be good Be good to me Come on, London!
Be good Be good to me Be good Be good to me Oh, be good Be good to me Be good Be good to me Be good Be good to me Be good Be good to me I don't have no use For what you loosely call the truth Don't have the time for your overloaded lines And you better Be good to me Can't you be Be good to me?
Can't you be Be good to me?
Can't you be Be good to me?
Can't you be Be good to me?
Can't you be Be good to me?
Can't you be Be good to me?
Can't you be -Whoo!
Play the piano for us!
[ Piano solo ] - Yeah, yeah, yeah [ Cheers and applause ] [ Intro to "Private Dancer" plays ] - Well, the men come in these places And the men are all the same You don't look at their faces And you don't ask their names You don't think of them as human You don't think of them at all You keep your mind on the money Keeping your eyes on the wall I'm your private dancer Dancer for money I'll do what you want me to do Private dancer Dancer for money Any old music will do Want to make a million dollars I want to live out by the sea Have a husband and some children Yeah, I guess I want a family All the men come in these places And the men are all the same You don't look at their faces And you don't ask their names I'm your private dancer Dancer for money Do what you want me to do Private dancer Dancer for money Any old music will do I'm your private dancer Dancer for money Do what you want me to do Just your private dancer A dancer for money Any old music will do Deutsche marks or dollars American Express will do nicely, thank you Let me loosen up your collar Ah, do you want to see me do the shimmy again?
Oh [ Saxophone solo ] [ Guitar solo ] Your private dancer Dancer for money Do what you want me to do Just a private dancer A dancer for money Any old music will do Private dancer Dancer for money Just a private dancer A dancer for money Private dancer Dancer for money Do what you want me to do Just a private dancer A dancer for money Any old music will do Ohhh [ Cheers and applause ] Okay?
[ Cheers and applause ] You know, we're just -- we're just having fun.
[ Cheers and applause ] Just a little.
Yeah.
I I'm so in love with you Sing it with me.
Whatever you want to do We're on the chorus.
Is all right with me Let me be the one you come running to I'll never be untrue Let's Stay together - Together - Loving you whether Whether Times are good or bad or happy or sad I I'm so in love with you Whatever you want to do Oh, yeah.
Is all right with me Let me be the one you come running to I'll never be untrue Let me say since Baby Since we've been together Ooh, loving you forever Is all I need You make me feel so brand-new I want to spend my whole life with you But let's Stay together - Together - Loving you whether Whether Times are good or bad Happy or sad, yeah Yeah, yeah Good or bad Happy or sad Ooh Why Why do people break up?
Mmm, turn around and make up I just can't I just can't see You'd never do that to me Would you, baby?
- Oh, no - Being around you is all I see But let's Stay together - Together - Loving you whether Whether Times are good or bad Happy or sad Good or bad Happy or sad Good or bad or happy or sad Oh Stay together - Together - Loving you whether Whether Times are good or bad Happy or sad Good or bad or happy or sad Good or bad Ahh [ Cheers and applause ] Happy or Happy or Happy or sa-a-a-a-a-d [ Cheers and applause ] Thank you!
Thank you all.
Oh, thank you, everybody.
[ Intro to "What's Love Got to Do With It?"
plays ] You must understand Though the touch of your hand Makes my pulse react That is only the thrill Of boy meeting girl Opposites attract It's physical Only logical You must try to ignore That it means more than that, oh What's love got to do, got to do with it?
What's love but a secondhand emotion?
What's love got to do, got to do with it?
Who needs a heart when a heart can be broken?
It may seem to you That I'm acting confused When you're close to me If I tend to look dazed I've read it someplace I've got cause to be There's a name for it There's a phrase that fits But whatever the reason You do it for me Oh What's love got to do, got to do with it?
What's love but a secondhand emotion?
What's love got to do, got to do with it?
Who needs a heart when a heart can be broken?
Ooh [ Electronic keyboard solo ] I've been taking on a new direction And I have to say I've been thinking about my own protection Scares me to feel this way Oh What's love got to do, I said, got to do with it?
What's love but a secondhand emotion?
What's love got to do, got to do with it?
Who needs a heart when a heart can be broken?
- What's love got to do?
Everybody sing!
- What's love got to do, got to do with it?
What's love but a sweet, old-fashioned notion?
What's love got to do, got to do with it?
Who needs a heart when a heart can be broken?
- What's love got to do?
[ Cheers and applause ] [ Speaks indistinctly ] [ Intro to "Help" plays ] [ Cheers and applause ] When I was younger So much younger than today I never needed anybody's help in any way And now those days are gone I'm not so self-assured And now I find I've changed my mind I've opened up the doors Help me if you can I'm feeling down And I do appreciate you being 'round Oh, help me get my feet back on the ground Won't you please, please, help me?
Now my life has changed In, oh, so many ways My independence seems to vanish in the haze Every now and then I feel so insecure I know that just need you like I never did before Help me if you can I'm feeling down And I do appreciate you being around Oh, help me get my feet back on the ground Won't you please, please, help me?
[ Saxophone solo ] No When I was younger So much younger than today I never needed anybody's help in any way And now those days are gone I'm not so self-assured Now I find that I've I've changed my mind and I I've opened up the doors Help me if you can I'm feeling down And I do appreciate you being around Oh, help me get my feet back on the ground Won't you please, please, help me?
Won't you please, please, help me?
Won't you please Please Please Won't you Please help me?
Help me, oh Oh, help Ohhh [ Cheers and applause ] Ooh [ Cheers and applause ] Thank you.
Thank you all.
That was -- That was just my version of "Help."
You're supposed to laugh.
[ Laughs ] I'd like to sing a song from my recent album for you.
This is a love song.
It was recorded in more of a gospel style.
I did actually sing this song with a gospel choir here in London.
And I'd like to do that version of it for you this evening.
[ Cheers and applause ] The song is called "Whatever You Need, Whatever You Want, I'm Right Here Waiting for You."
[ Intro to "Whatever You Need" plays ] - In what other lives have I known your kiss?
And what forgotten moments have I felt like this?
The way you touch me, I, I come undone You know me more than anyone Whatever you want Oh In what other lives have I touched your face?
And what words did we whisper in a strange, forbidden place?
To be with you, baby, is to find myself We're two of a kind, you and I I couldn't love anyone else You are my beginning, my end You are my lover, my friend In this life In this time Whatever you want Whatever you need I will be right here waiting Baby, baby, babe Whatever you want - Whatever you want - Whatever you need - Whatever you need - I will be right here waiting Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah In what other lives did I feel your skin?
When exactly did I breathe you in?
Feel like I've known you for a thousand years You're so familiar to me And there is no fear You are my beginning, my end You are my lover, my friend In this life In this time Whatever you want, yeah Whatever you need I will be right here waiting Baby, baby, babe Whatever you want - Whatever you want - Whatever you need - Whatever you need - I will be right here waiting Yeah, yeah, yeah I will watch the sun go down - Yeah - Yeah, yeah My life and future in you are bound - Yeah - Oh, yeah I watch as time moves on And I'm alive and strong And when I'm with you It's like no right, no wrong Oh Whatever you want - Whatever you want - Whatever you need - Whatever you need - I will be right here waiting Whoo!
Whatever you want, now - Whatever you want - Whatever you need - Whatever you need - I will be right here waiting Whoo!
Whatever you want, now - Whatever you want - Whatever you need - Whatever you need - I will be right here waiting Whoo!
Whatever you want - Whatever you want - Whatever you need - Whatever you need - Whatever you want - Right here waiting - Right here Right here waiting Right here I will be waiting Right here Ah [ Cheers and applause ] Thank you.
Thank you all.
Take a bow, ladies.
I'd like to sing another one for you.
I'd like to bring out my friend John Miles to join me, and we are going to try.
We're going to try a little tenderness.
[ Intro to "Try a Little Tenderness" plays ] Oh, she may be weary Some girls do get weary Wearing the same, old, shabby dress Oh And when she's weary Try a little Tenderness Yeah You know she's waiting Just anticipating The things that she will never, ever possess Oh And while she's waiting Try a little Tenderness Sing it, John.
- It's just not sentimental, no She has her grief And cares But a soft word Spoken so gentle, yeah Makes it easier Much easier to bear -All right.
- You won't regret it Young girls, they don't forget it Love is their whole happiness Yeah Don't you know it's, oh, so easy But all you got to do is try a little tenderness Hey - Hey - What you've got to do is - Hold her Squeeze her Tease her Don't leave her - My, my You've got to try - Just try a little tenderness - Yeah Yeah, yeah, yeah - Yeah, you got to - Hold her Squeeze her Tease her Don't ever leave her - No, no, you got to No, no, you got to - Try a little tenderness - Yeah, yeah Yeah One more time, yeah - Baby, you got to - Hold her Squeeze her Tease her Never leave her - No, no, no, no, no No, you got to - Try a little tenderness - Yeah, you know you've got to - Hold her Squeeze her Tease her Don't ever leave her - No, no, you got to try Just try a little tenderness Yeah All you've got to do, yeah Yeah, you've got to Hold her Squeeze her Tease her Don't ever leave her Good God, you've got to get that Try a little tenderness - Ohh - Yeah, you've got to Hold her Squeeze her Tease her Don't ever leave her My, my, you've got to try Just try a little Tenderness [ Cheers and applause ] [ Intro to "I Heard It Through the Grapevine" plays ] - Heard it Heard it Heard it through the grapevine Ooh, I heard it Heard it Heard it - Don't you know, I heard it?
- Heard it Heard it Heard it - Oh, I heard it - Heard it Heard it Heard it - Don't you know, I heard it?
- Heard it - Yes, I heard it - Heard it through the grapevine - Ooh, I bet you're wondering how I knew About your plan to make me blue With some other girl you knew before Between the two of us girls, you know I love you more It took me by surprise, I must say When I found out yesterday Don't you know that I heard it through the grapevine?
Not much longer would you be mine Oh, I heard it through the grapevine And I'm just about to lose my mind Honey, honey, whoo, yeah Oh, I heard it I know a man ain't supposed to cry But these tears I can't hold inside Losing you would end my life, you see 'Cause you mean that much to me You should have told me yourself That you love someone else But instead I heard it through the grapevine Not much longer would you be mine Oh, I heard it through the grapevine And I'm just about to lose my mind Honey, honey Oh.
Heard it through the grapevine Not much longer would you be mine Baby Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah Say believe none of what you see And none of what you hear I can't hide being confused If it's true, please tell me, dear Do you plan to let me go For the other girl you loved before?
Don't you know, I should have heard it from you I should have heard it from you That you're leaving Oh, I should have heard it from you I should have heard it from you That you're leaving me Oh, I heard it - Heard it - Yes, I heard it - Heard it - Oh, yeah, I heard it - Heard it - Yes, I heard it Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah - Heard it - Honey, honey - Heard it - Honey, honey - Heard it - Honey, honey Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah - Heard it Heard it Heard it - Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah - Heard it Heard it Heard it - Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah - Heard it Heard it Heard it - Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah - Heard it through the grapevine [ Cheers and applause ] [ Intro to "Addicted to Love" plays ] The lights are on, but you're not home Your mind is not your own Your heart sweats, your body shakes Another kiss is what it takes You can't eat, you can't sleep There's no doubt, you're in deep Your throat is tight, you can't breathe Another kiss is all you need Whoa, you like to think That you're immune, oh, yeah Whoa It's closer to the truth to say you can't get enough You're gonna have to face it You're addicted to love You see the signs, but you can't read You're running at a different speed Your heart beats in double time Another kiss and you'll be mine A one-track mind, you can't be saved Oblivion is all you crave If there's some left for you You don't mind if you do Whoa, you like to think You're immune to the stuff, oh, yeah - Yeah - Closer to the truth to say You can't get enough You're gonna have to face it You're addicted to love Might as well face it, you're addicted to love Might as well face it, you're addicted to love Might as well face it, you're addicted to love Might as well face it, you're addicted to love So you might as well face it - Might as well face it - Might as well face it Yeah, face it Might as well face it, you're addicted to love All right Whoa!
Whoa!
Might as well face it Say, you might as well face it Oh, you might as well face it Say you might as well face it You're addicted to love Might as well face it, you're addicted to love Might as well face it, you're addicted to love Might as well face it, you're addicted to love Might as well face it, you're addicted to love Might as well face it - Might as well face it - Might as well face it Yes, face it - Might as well face it - Might as well face it, you're addicted to love Whoa, yeah Yeah Take it down Oh Oh, yeah!
It's true Yeah Yeah [ Cheers and applause ] All right!
Get up!
[ Intro to "The Best" plays ] Whoo!
I call you when I need you, my heart's on fire You come to me, come to me, wild and wired You come to me Give me everything I need Give me a lifetime of promises And a world of dreams Speak the language of love Like you know what it means And it can't be wrong Take my heart and make it strong You're simply the best Better than all the rest Better than anyone Anyone I ever met I'm stuck on your heart I hang on every word you say Tear us apart?
Baby, I would rather be dead In your heart I see the start Of every night and every day Ooh, yeah In your eyes, I get lost, I get washed away Uh-huh Just as long as you're here in my arms I could be in no better place Yeah, you're simply the best Better than all the rest Better than anyone Anyone I ever met I'm stuck on your heart I hang on every word you say Tear us apart?
Baby, I would rather be dead Each time you leave me, I start losing control You're walking away with my heart and my soul I can feel you even when I'm alone Oh, baby, don't let go Oh, oh, oh, oh You're the best Better than all the rest Better than anyone Anyone I ever met I'm stuck on your heart I hang on every word you say Tear us apart?
Baby, I would rather be dead Ooh, you're the best Oh, you're the best, yeah Better than all the rest Sing it, everybody!
Better than anyone Anyone I ever met I'm stuck on your heart, baby I hang on every word you say Tear us apart?
Baby, I would rather be dead Ooh, you're the best [ Cheers and applause ] Thank you, everybody.
The next one, I think you'll recognize because her name is Mary.
[ Intro to "Proud Mary" plays ] Her name is...Proud Mary.
Whoo!
Every now and then... we kind of like to do things... nice and easy.
Somehow...we never ever seem to do nothing completely nice and easy.
You know why?
Because... because we like to do it... ...nice and rough!
We gonna take the beginning of this song and do it... easy.
Whoo!
And then... [ Laughs ] And then... And then... we're gonna do the finish nice... and rough!
This is...
This is the way we do "Proud Mary."
And we're rolling Sing it with me!
Rolling - Ooh - Rolling on the river Said we're rolling - Ooh - Rolling - Ooh - Rolling on the river Left a good job in the city Working for the man every night and day And I never lost one minute of sleeping Worrying about the way that things might have been Big wheel, keep on turning Proud Mary, keep on burning Rolling - Ooh - Rolling - Ooh - Rolling on the river Cleaned a lot of plates in Memphis Pumped a lot of 'tane down in New Orleans I never saw the good side of the city Until I hitched a ride on the riverboat Queen Big wheel, keep on turning Proud Mary Ah, keep on burning Rolling - Ooh - Rolling, yeah - Ooh - Rolling on the river Eee Rolling - Ooh - Rolling, yeah - Ooh - Rolling on the river - The river - What you say?
- The river -One more time.
- The river [ Tempo increases ] - I left a good job in the city Working for the man every night and day I never lost a minute of sleeping Worrying about the way things might have been Big wheel, keep on turning - Turning - Proud Mary, keep on burning - Burning - Rolling Rolling Rolling on the river Rolling Rolling Rolling on the river - River, doo doo doo doo doo doo doo doo -Take it down!
Cleaned a lot of plates in Memphis Pumped a lot of 'tane down in New Orleans I never lost a minute of sleeping Till I hitched a ride on the riverboat Queen The wheel keeps on turning - Turning - Proud Mary, keep on burning - Burning - Rolling Rolling Rolling on the river Rolling Rolling Rolling on the river - River, doo doo doo doo doo doo doo doo -Take it down!
If you come down to the river I'll bet you gonna find some people who live You don't have to worry If you got no money People on the river are happy to give The wheel, keep on turning - Turning - Proud Mary, keep on burning Rolling Rolling Rolling on the river Rolling Rolling Rolling on the river Said we're rolling Rolling Rolling on the river Whoo, rolling Rolling Rolling on the river - River, doo doo doo doo doo doo doo doo -All right!
Rolling Rolling Rolling on the river Rolling Rolling Rolling on the river Rolling Rolling Rolling on the river Rolling Rolling Rolling on the river Rolling Rolling Rolling on the river Rolling Rolling Rolling on the river Rolling Rolling Rolling on the river Rolling Rolling Rolling on the river [ Cheers and applause ] [ Intro to "Nutbush City Limits" plays ] Church house, ginhouse A schoolhouse, outhouse Highway number 19 The people keep the city clean They call it Nutbush - Say it again, yeah - Oh, Nutbush Call it Nutbush city limits Nutbush city 25 was the speed limit Motorcycle not allowed in it You go to the store on Friday You go to church on Sunday They call it Nutbush - Say it again, yeah Ooh-hoo-hoo - They call it Nutbush city Nutbush city Check it out!
[ Saxophone solo ] No whiskey for sale You get drunk, no bail Salt pork and molasses Is all you get in jail They call it Nutbush - Say it again, yeah - Oh, Nutbush They call it Nutbush city limits Nutbush city Nutbush city limits Nutbush city Oh!
Nutbush city limits Nutbush city Oh!
Get on it!
Yeah, Nutbush city limits They call it Nutbush city Nutbush city limits Nutbush city Take it down!
Nutbush city limits Nutbush city Nutbush city limits Nutbush city Hi.
Hi!
-Hi!
-All right.
They call it "Nutbush."
They say, "Nutbush."
Say it -- say... -Nutbush!
-One more time, say... -Nutbush!
-One more time, come on.
-Nutbush!
-One more time, say it.
-Nutbush!
-Oh, one more time, come on.
-Nutbush!
[ Cheers and applause ] -Nutbush, say it.
One more time -Nutbush!
- Say it one more time, come on -Nutbush!
- Say it one more time, y'all -Nutbush!
-Now!
Nutbush One more time Nutbush One more time Nutbush One more time Nutbush That's why they call it Nutbush One more time Nutbush One more time Nutbush One more time Nutbush Take it on home!
Nutbush One more time Nutbush One more time Nutbush One more time Nutbush Yeah Nutbush One more time Nutbush One more time Nutbush One more time Nutbush Take it!
Nutbush One more time Nutbush One more time Nutbush One more time Nutbush Hey!
Oh!
Nutbush One more time Nutbush One more time Nutbush One more time Nutbush Nutbush One more time Nutbush One more time Nutbush One more time Yeah Oh All right!
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