You're gonna need somebody on your bond child You're gonna need somebody on your bond When it's late 'round midnight and old man Death comes slippin' into the room You're gonna need somebody on your bond You take Mary and Martha standin' up in the hillside Mary explainin' to Martha, "Darlin', look at the river deep and the water wide" Here comes ole Moses, faithful Moses carryin' big ole stones up the hill Tellin' everybody they're gonna need somebody on their bond Whoa, you take Maivus Staples and ole Corn Cheevers [?] They got the good side on their bond Oh, I been listen to the music people ever since the day I was born My momma raised me in a room across from the church by the tree And that sweet gospel music, oh how it used to comfort me Tellin' everybody they're gonna need somebody on their bond