Song information On this page you can find the lyrics of the song Bo Diddley Special, artist - Eric Burdon. Date of issue: 31.12.2012
Song language: English
Bo Diddley Special |
| Spoken: |
| Ashes to ashes and dust to dust |
| If the women don’t get you Bo Diddley must |
| We were two ships passing in the night |
| But we never did meet eye to eye |
| I was given this gift without asking |
| This is my way of saying goodbye |
| So I’m riding on that Bo Diddley special |
| I’m riding on that Bo Diddley line |
| He spent his life with his guitar slung real low |
| Digging that polongo beat wherever he’d go |
| From the streets of Mississippi all the way to Tokyo |
| The most African American I ever did know |
| So I’m riding on that Bo Diddley special |
| I’m riding on that Bo Diddley line |
| Goodbye Bo Diddley goodbye so long |
| We all gonna miss you but your spirit lives on |
| Goodbye Bo Diddley, I guess I waited too long |
| Goodbye Bo Diddley, goodbye |
| So I’m riding on that Bo Diddley special |
| I’m riding on that Bo Diddley line |
| Bo Diddley came roarin' into my life |
| Like a big freight train rolling through the night |
| I never will forget the day he came to my hometown |
| He huffed and he puffed and he blew the house down |
| Goodbye Bo Diddley goodbye so long |
| We all gonna miss you but your spirit lives on |
| Goodbye Bo Diddley |
| Goodbye Bo Diddley Goodbye Bo Diddley so long |
| Yeah I’m riding on that Bo Diddley special |
| I’m riding on that Bo Diddley line |
| Spoken: Now let me tell you what was so special about Bo Diddley |
| He had a hand like a plate of fish and chips |
| He dressed in the most romantic style |
| With a tartan jacket and pin stripe polyester pants |
| All the way down the aisle |
| He rode his motor scooter around Clearwater, Florida |
| With his guitar on his back |
| You know it was square and it was red |
| And the last thing was the first thing he ever said — he said |
| I’m riding on that Bo Diddley special |
| I’m riding on that Bo Diddley line |
| As the cortege stepped out into the night |
| All the best young dudes dressed in white |
| A city bus came rolling by Destination: Bo Diddley special |
| I’m riding on that Bo Diddley special |
| I’m riding on that Bo Diddley line (Repeat) |