Mavis Staples

Gonna Change My Way Of Thinking

Gonna change my way of thinking,
Make myself a different set of rules.
Gonna change my way of thinking,
Make myself a...

Hey mama, don't you treat me wrong
Come and love your daddy all night long
All right now, hey hey, all right
See the girl with the diamond ring
She kn...

You are not alone
I'm with you
I'm lonely too
What's a sad song
can't be sung
but you
a broken hold
a broken heart
isolated and afraid
I want to get t...

Wrote A Song For Everyone -Mavis Staples
Met myself a comin'county welfare line
I was feelin'strung out hung out on the line
Saw myself a goin'down to...

We may not have a cent to pay the rent
But we're gonna make it,
I know we will
We may have to eat beans every day
But we're gonna make it,
I know we w...

Down In Mississippi （密西西比）-Mavis Staples
As far back as I can remember
I either had a plow or hoe
One of those 'ole nine foot sacs
Standing at the old...

Paul and Silas, bound in jail
Had no money for to go their bail
Keep your eyes on the prize, hold on
Hold on, (hold on), hold on, (hold on)
Keep your ...

Can You Get to That - Mavis Staples
I once had a life, or rather Life had me

I was one among many

Or at least I seemed to be

Well, I read an old qu...

In times like these -Mavis Staples
In times like these
We need to be strong
We need to carry on
We need to get along hold on
And right what's wrong
In...

Gone away don't you wanna go
Gone away don't you wanna go
Gone away, don't you wanna go
Gone to my home on the other shore
There's just one kind favor...

If It's A Light -Mavis Staples
Written by ：Charity Rose Thielen
If it's a light then let it grow
Don't let it fall don't let it stumble
If it's a ligh...

Mama Mavis, oh
Mama, they tried my patience
Obama is gone, who is left to save us?
So together we mourn, I'm praying for my neighbors
They say the dev...

Mama Mavis, oh
Mama, they tried my patience
* is gone, who is left to save us?
We mourn, I'm praying for my neighbors
They say the devil's at work and...

I pulled in to Nazareth
I was feeling 'bout half past dead
I just need to find a place
Where I can lay my head
Mister, can you tell me
Where a girl mi...

If all I was was black
Looking at you you might look past
All the love I give
Got love to give
I've got naturally gifts
Got naturally gifts
Might make...

I'm tired of us living so lonely
I feel I know what to do
Gonna build a bridge right over the mountain
I won't cry over to you
Look around head down t...

Sometimes I get so worried
I don't know what to do
But all the things I worry about
Very few of them come true
And when they do I call on you
Every ti...

We go high
When they go low
I know they don't know
What they're doing
When they tell their lies
I know they're still human
And they need my love
Gonna...

Mama Mavis, oh
Mama, they tried my patience
Obama is gone, who is left to save us?
So together we mourn, I'm praying for my neighbors
They say the dev...

Sometimes I get so sad
Sometimes you just make me mad

It's a sad and beautiful world
It's a sad and beautiful world

Sometimes I just won't go
Someti...

Sometimes I get so sad
Sometimes you just make me mad
It's a sad and beautiful world
It's a sad and beautiful world
Sometimes I just won't go
Sometime...

I deal in Love, baby
In good words, baby
From above,
Ain’t always easy to supply
But I ain’t giving up, baby
Burning hillsides,
Children dying by mach...

There's moonbeams
We can dream on
When our working day it's done

There's stars
We can wish upon
At the setting of the sun

There's sunsets
We can cry...

The seeds are planted here
But they won't grow
We won't have to say goodbye
If we all go
Maybe things will be better in Chicago

To leave all we've ev...

I will always love you
How I do
Let go of a prayer for you
Just a sweet word
The table is prepared for you
There will be mountains you won't move
I'll...

We got to have peace
To keep the world alive
And war to cease

We got to have joy
True in our hearts
With strength we can't destroy

Through our voice...

How many times have you heard someone say
If I had his money I'd do things my way
But little they know
It's so hard to find
One rich man in ten with a...