Take this bread, if you need it, friend
'Cause I'm alright if you're alright
I ain't got a lot, but all I got
You're welcome to it
'Cause I'm alright if you're alright

My neighbor Odetta
Came over to see if I was feelin' better
Every morning at 8 through the backyard gate
And of all the pretty things she would bring
There was nothin' like that song she sang
That could ease my sorry state
And she'd sing

Take this bread, if you need it, friend
'Cause I'm alright, if you're alright
I ain't got a lot, but all I got
You're welcome to it
'Cause I'm alright if you're alright

She, na, de, da, sha, da, da, da, da
She, na, de, da, sha, da, da, da, da

'Cause I'm alright, if you're alright
'Cause I'm alright, if you're alright

And I got a letter
It said the sweet Lord transferred Odetta
To that all-night diner in the sky
But every early spring I hear her sing
Sittin' on my front porch swing
Oh, I hear her sing
And she sings

Take this bread, if you need it, friend
'Cause I'm alright, if you're alright
I ain't got a lot, but all I got
You're welcome to it
'Cause I'm alright if you're alright

One, two, three, four
Take this bread, if you need it, friend
'Cause I'm alright if you're alright
I ain't got a lot, but all I got
You're welcome to it
'Cause I'm alright if you're alright
I'm alright if you're alright