Goodbye Jimmy Reed

Album: Rough And Rowdy Ways (2020)
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  • I live on a street named after a Saint
    Women in the churches wear powder and paint
    Where the Jews and the Catholics and the Muslims all pray
    I can tell they're Proddie from a mile away
    Goodbye, Jimmy Reed, Jimmy Reed, indeed
    Give me that old time religion, it's just what I need

    For thine is kingdom, the power and the glory
    Go tell it on the mountain, go tell the real story
    Tell it in that straightforward, puritanical tone
    In the mystic hours, when a person's alone
    Goodbye, Jimmy Reed, godspeed
    Thump on the Bible, proclaim a creed

    You won't amount to much, the people all said
    'Cause I didn't play guitar behind my head
    Never pandered, never acted proud
    Never took off my shoes, throw 'em in the crowd
    Goodbye Jimmy Reed, goodbye, goodnight
    Put a jewel in your crown and I put out the lights

    They threw everything at me, everything in the book
    I had nothing to fight with but a butcher's hook
    They had no pity, they never lend a hand
    I can't sing a song that I don't understand
    Goodbye, Jimmy Reed, goodbye, good luck
    I can't play the record 'cause my needle got stuck

    Transparent woman in a transparent dress
    Suits you well, I must confess
    I'll break open your grapes, I'll suck out the juice
    I need you like my head needs a noose
    Goodbye, Jimmy Reed, goodbye and so long
    I thought I could resist her but I was so wrong

    God be with you, brother, dear
    If you don't mind me asking, what brings you here?
    Oh, nothing much, I'm just looking for the man
    Need to see where he's lying in this lost land
    Goodbye Jimmy Reed, and everything within ya
    Can't you hear me calling from down in Virginia? Writer/s: Bob Dylan
    Publisher: Universal Music Publishing Group
    Lyrics licensed and provided by LyricFind

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