Well I'm standin' on top of the mountain   Just about a mile from Jericho   And my throat is hot and dusty   Down to the water I must go      Catherine the Great and brave Ulysses   Playin' checkers out in the sun   Jesse James and young William Bonnie   Have started a religion for everyone      And I'm standin' on top of the mountain   Just about a mile from Jericho   And my throat is hot and dusty   Down to the water I must go      Well the drums they are loud down in rap town   But the Pope has been quiet for days   Well some gunmen robbed a bank in California   And the cops blew them all away      If you don't like the picture   Don't turn it off   The only way to change it is to do it yourself      And I'm standin' on top of the mountain   Just about a mile from Jericho   And my throat is hot and dusty   Down to the water I must go      Peace and love on the wings of a dove   Has flown away   We're payin' the rent   On the blood that's been spent   On a mortgage that's too high to be paid      Well I'm standin' on top of the mountain   Just about a mile from Jericho   And my throat is hot and dusty   down to the water I must go      And I'm standin' on top of the mountain   Just about a mile from Jericho   And my throat is hot and dusty   Down to the water I must go