If you miss me at the back of the bus, and you can't find me nowhere Come on up to the front of the bus, I'll be ridin' right there I'll be ridin' right there I'll be ridin' right there You got to come on up to the front of the bus I'll be ridin' right there
If you miss me at the cotton fields, and you can't find me nowhere Come on down, to the jailhouse, I'll be roomin' over there I'll be roomin' over there I'll be roomin' over there Come on down to the jailhouse I'll be roomin' over there
If you miss me in the Mississippi River, and you can't find me nowhere Come on over to the city' pool, I'll be bathin' over there I'll be bathin' over there I'll be bathin' over there Come on over to the city' pool I'll be bathin' over there
If you miss me at the picket lines, and you can't find me nowhere Come on down to the court house, I'll be votin' right there I'll be votin' right there I'll be votin' right there Come on down to the courthouse I'll be votin' right there
If you miss me at the back of the bus, and you can't find me nowhere Come on up to the front of the bus, I'll be ridin' right there I'll be ridin' right there I'll be ridin' right there You got to come on up to the front of the bus I'll be ridin' right there
