Goodbye Jimmy Reed
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I live on a street named after a saint
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Women in the churches wear powder and paint
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Where the Jews and the Catholics and Muslims all pray
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I can tell a Proddy from a mile away
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Goodbye Jimmy Reed, Jimmy Reed indeed
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Gimme that old time religion, it’s just what I need
Verse 2
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For thine is the kingdom, the power and the glory
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Go tell it on the mountain, go tell the real story
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Tell in that straightforward Puritanical tone
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In the mystic hours, when a person’s alone
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Goodbye Jimmy Reed, Godspeed
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Thump on the bible, proclaim a creed
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Verse 3
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You won’t amount to much, the people all said
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Cuz I didn’t play guitar behind my head
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Never pandered, never acted proud
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Never took off my shoes throw them in the crowds
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Goodbye Jimmy Reed, goodbye and good night
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Put a jewel in your crown and I’ll put out the light
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Verse 4
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They threw everything at me, everything in the book
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I had nothing to fight with but a butcher’s hook
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They had no pity, they never lent a hand
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I can’t sing a song I don’t understand
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Goodbye Jimmy Reed, goodbye and good luck
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I can’t play the record cuz my needle got stuck
Verse 5
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Transparent woman in a transparent dress
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Suits you well I must confess
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I break open your grapes, I suck out the juice
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I need you like my head needs a noose
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Goodbye Jimmy Reed, goodbye and so long
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I thought I could resist her but I was so wrong
Verse 6
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God be with you, brother dear
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If you don’t mind me asking, what brings you here?
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Ah nothing much, I’m just looking for the man
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Came to see where he’s lying in this lost land
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Goodbye Jimmy Reed, and everything within ya
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Can’t you hear me calling from down in Virginia
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