Ringin' on the telephone, it up and say What's a man to do with all the trouble 'round it takes a worried man to sing a worried song Sing it now, but Lord, don't let it all go on too Somethin' in the air, and it's movin' a southbound train Sun is goin' down, and it like I'll be the same World spinnin' 'round, people say there's debt to pay I don't knowtoo with my life from day to day But whosoever journeys up against that line The shadows of an ancient burn away in time I was in Arkansas, workin' graveyard shift Movin' crates for with a big forklift Most were crackers, Coca-Cola, shoes and ceiling Two marked Top Secret, headed for Afghanistan repeat See shadows on the sun, see a thundercloud will persuade, but all will be allowed And some seek their god from a heaven in the sky their affliction with a holy alibi Ringin' on the telephone, it up and say What's a man to do with all the trouble today? I'm callin' up the president, ask him he say No answer, left a message, when he's from holiday repeat Now the drums are poundin', them blowin' on the horn Two hands are on the hammer, and the fabric has torn Dam's to burst, floods are all around No more water, little Sylvie, 'cause I think I'm drown on the telephone, pick it up and say What's a man to do with all the trouble today? Heard it takes a worried man to sing a song it now, but Lord, don't make it all go on too long All go on too