listen up all you beggars you liars and you thieves i m about to bring you somethin that s gonna take you to your knees you know that i could never let you down oh when you feel the might and you hear that old soul sound you ve been waiting on the wind you ve been waiting on the winds of change to blow your sails into the night oh but all you do is sit and cry you got to go down to the river and wash your soul clean you got to go down to the river and wash your soul clean you got to go down to the river and wash your soul clean you got to go down to the river and wash your soul clean what you want you ain t got what you got is all that you need what you want you ain t got what you got is all that you need you got to go down to the river and wash your soul clean you got to go down to the river and wash your soul clean you got to go down to the river and wash your soul clean you got to go drown in the river and wash your soul clean