Song information On this page you can find the lyrics of the song Goodbye Jimmy Reed, artist - Bob Dylan. Date of issue: 18.06.2020
Song language: English
Goodbye Jimmy Reed |
| I live on a street named after a Saint |
| Women in the churches wear powder and paint |
| Where the Jews, and 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, 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? |