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Blues Lyrics - Lightnin' Hopkins
Smokes Like Lightnin'
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by
Sam "Lightnin' " Hopkins
recording of 1962
from
Complete Prestige/Bluesville Recordings (Bluesville 7PCD-4406-2 and Prestige 4406-2)
Whoa, it smoke like lightnin', yeah but shine like gold
Don't you hear me talking pretty baby,
smoke like lightnin', yeah but shine like gold
Yeah you know I see my little fair one,
lying there on a cooling bowl
Yes I see the hearse one morning backed up to our door
Don't you hear me talking?
Soon one morning, backed up to our door
Well you know I could see my little baby,
lying there on a cooling bowl
Well my baby died and left me,
laid her on a cooling bowl
Yes she died and she left me,
they laid her on a cooling bowl
Well they said, Lightnin' she's gone and left you now boy,
you will never see her smiling face no more
Well it was sad...
Well I followed my baby, followed my baby,
down to her burying ground
Well I followed my baby, followed her,
down to her burying ground
Yeah it didn't hurt me so bad till I'd seen,
poor miss when they let her down
You know I done lost my little fair one,
I guess the next thing will be me
I done lost my little fair one,
I guess the next thing will be me
Whoa, I ain't dead, no boys,
but po' Lightnin' sinking by degree
By degree
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