Credits
PERFORMING ARTISTS
Robbie Robertson
Performer
Ivan Neville
Background Vocals
COMPOSITION & LYRICS
Robbie Robertson
Songwriter
PRODUCTION & ENGINEERING
Robbie Robertson
Producer
Daniel Lanois
Producer
Jim Scott
Engineer
Bob Clearmountain
Mixing Engineer
Giorgio Moroder
Additional Producer
Lyrics
[Verse 1]
Testimony, testimony
Oh I (Declare yourself)
I will testify, mmh
Testimony (Oh), testimony
Just take the chance, I will testify
[Verse 2]
Look over yonder, Apollo at a distance
You can hear his music if you listen to the wind blow
[Verse 3]
I wanna be there, I wanna be right there
I wanna see it with my own eyes
[Verse 4]
Bear witness, I'm wailin' like the wind
Come bear witness, the halfbreed rides again
In these hands, I've held the broken dream
In my soul, I'm howlin' at the moon
[Verse 5]
Testimony (Whoa-ha), testimony (Whoa-ha)
Declare yourself (I will), testify
Testimony (Whoa-ha), testimony
Speak the truth, I will testify
[Verse 6]
I had a revelation like runaway horses
To do the road with that carnival show, roll on
[Verse 7]
Those golden days on Smoky Mountain
Lord, playin' guitar in a one-man band, that's right
[Verse 8]
Bear witness, I'm howlin' at the moon
Come bear witness, I'm danced among the ruins
In these shoes, I've walked a crooked mile
All my life I've been searchin' for the nightbird
[Verse 9]
Testimony, testimony
Declare yourself (I will), testify
Testimony, testimony (Oh I)
Speak the truth, (I will) testify
[Verse 10]
Testimony, oh
I'm howlin' at the moon
Testimony, oh
Testimony
[Verse 11]
Are you ready to take the heat?
Are you ready to blow the steam?
Are you ready to bag the street?
You got nothing to lose but your chains
[Verse 12]
For forty days and forty nights
I come across the desert, Apollo right by my side, rave on
[Verse 13]
Bear witness, I'm wailin' like the wind
Come bear witness, the halfbreed rides again
In these hands, I've held the broken dream
In my soul, I'm howlin' at the moon
[Verse 14]
Testimony, testimony (Oh I)
Declare yourself (I will), testify
Testimony, testimony
Speak the truth, (I will) testify
[Verse 15]
(Testimony, testimony) Ooh, this is my testimony
(I will testify)
Testimony, testimony (Oh I)
Speak the truth, (I will) testify
Testimony, testimony (Oh I)
Declare yourself (I will), testify
Testimony, testimony
Written by: Robbie Robertson, Robert Gruszka, Robert Kule
