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
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 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 
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creed‬

[Instrumental]
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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
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 put out the light ‬

[Instrumental]
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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 
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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 
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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
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 in Virginia