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[00:03.30]Lord have mercy
[00:07.52]Got to tell it
[00:09.53]Tell it just like it is, every word
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[00:25.25]Yeah, I was living in St. Louis
[00:28.22]In the year of 1955
[00:33.76]Mama didn't have no great mansion
[00:36.90]Just a little old country dive
[00:42.49]Papa worked all week long
[00:45.55]Trying to keep us six kids alive
[00:50.88]So I hitchhiked to Chicago
[00:54.39]Just to hear Muddy Waters play
[00:59.55]I sat and listened to him sing
[01:03.04]Until the early hours of day
[01:08.34]I asked him what I could do to make it
[01:11.75]And it was he who showed me the way
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[01:42.35]I went back home and wrote a song
[01:46.18]And made a record I could claim
[01:51.44]The little tune jumped on the charts
[01:54.61]And rode me right on up to fame
[02:00.37]It netted over ten thousand dollars
[02:03.32]And added glory to my name
[02:09.12]I was standing at the airport
[02:11.94]With my guitar in my hand
[02:17.36]And a first class ticket
[02:20.57]Destination movie land
[02:26.09]I will be in Hollywood, Mama
[02:28.99]Before the roosters crow again
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[03:00.33]When I first started playing music
[03:03.62]Over sixteen years ago
[03:08.98]Every big town in the country
[03:11.88]From San Fran to Baltimore
[03:17.40]Trying to bring some happy hours
[03:20.50]Doing the only thing I know
[03:25.86]Can't help it but I love it
[03:28.83]Stand here, sing to you
[03:34.46]Brings back so many memories
[03:37.52]Many things we used to do
[03:42.95]'Til I see you here again
[03:46.15]Take care, good luck to you
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