I could not pray   I felt so dog gone   Couldn't get no witness but I did not know   Then a voice in a whisper said you've got to carry it on   And the news is gonna break   The news is gonna break   The news is gonna break that I am here   Out along the way I got so bogged down   I had some business there I did not slow   And a boy in the world said you've got to carry it on   And the news is gonna break   The news is gonna break   The news is gonna break that I am here   I'm not a messenger   I'm not the passenger   Got some business there but you did not know   And the point of my visit, well sir, that's to carry me on   And the news ig gonna break   And the news is gonna break   Yeah, your noose is gonna break when I am there   No paris   No nepal   No barstow   Won't be none of them at all   No congo   No kish or kishangargh   No memphis   It doesn't matter who you are   I'm on my way   I feel so dog gone   Go 'bout your business but you did not know   And the point if there is one, well sir   That's to carry me on   And the news is gonna break   (your noose is gonna break)   The news is gonna break that I am here)   The news is gonna break that I am here   And your noose is gonna break when I am there