Top Songs By Aretha Franklin
Credits
PERFORMING ARTISTS
Aretha Franklin
Vocals
Arif Mardin
Conductor
Evelyn Greene
Background Vocals
Wyline Ivy
Background Vocals
Ron Carter
Bass Guitar
Bruno Carr
Drums
Kenny Burrell
Guitar
Junior Mance
Piano
King Curtis
Saxophone
Pepper Adams
Saxophone
David Newman
Saxophone
George Dorsey
Tenor Saxophone
Seldon Powell
Tenor Saxophone
Benny Powell
Trombone
Jimmy Cleveland
Trombone
Thomas Mitchell
Trombone
Urbie Greene
Trombone
Bernie Glow
Trumpet
Ernie Royal
Trumpet
Joe Newman
Trumpet
Richard Williams
Trumpet
Snookie Young
Trumpet
COMPOSITION & LYRICS
Percy Mayfield
Songwriter
Arif Mardin
Arranger
PRODUCTION & ENGINEERING
Jerry Wexler
Producer
Tom Dowd
Producer
Lyrics
I've been all across the country, and I've stayed in every town
You see, I'm trying to find my baby, and he ain't nowhere around, can you understand?
You know which way I'm heading, if my baby can't be found, oh, yeah
Well, I spoke to the river, and the river, the river spoke back to me
It said, "Oh! You look so lonely, and so much full of misery, yes, you do now
If you can't find your baby, come on, girl, and make your home with me" Oh, yeah
I don't wanna leave him, no, I know, I know he's still alive
And someday, I'm gonna find him, and he's gonna take me for a ride, yes, he will now
And then we'll live forever and ever and ever, forever and ever among the tides, oh, yes, we will
Just in case I don't find him, I'm gonna take that river's invitation, river's invitation
Oh, oh, the river! Oh, oh, the river!
Oh, the river, yeah, oh, river's invitation
Yeah, the river
Writer(s): Percy Mayfield
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