[00:02.41]Lord have mercy
[00:06.71]Gotta tell it
[00:08.36]Tell it just like it is
[00:11.43]Every word
[00:15.66]
[00:26.86]Yeah  I was living in St  Louis
[00:28.68]In the year of nineteen fifty five
[00:31.49]
[00:34.12]Mama didn't have no great mansion
[00:37.37]Just a little old country dive
[00:42.68]Papa worked all week long
[00:45.87]Try to keep us six kids alive
[00:48.24]
[00:51.24]So I hitch hiked to Chicago
[00:53.93]
[00:54.49]Just to hear Muddy Waters play
[00:56.55]
[00:59.49]I sat and listened to him sing
[01:01.93]
[01:03.12]Until the early hours of day
[01:05.24]
[01:08.62]I asked him what I could do to make it
[01:11.87]And it was he who showed me the way
[01:14.14]
[01:42.63]I went back home and wrote a song
[01:46.26]And made a record I could claim
[01:48.70]
[01:51.88]The little tune jumped on the charts
[01:54.32]And rode me right on up to fame
[01:57.21]
[02:00.46]It netted over ten thousand dollars
[02:02.65]And added glory to my name
[02:05.77]
[02:09.15]I was standing at the airport
[02:11.59]
[02:12.15]With my guitar in my hand
[02:14.40]
[02:17.34]And a first class ticket
[02:20.09]Destination movie land
[02:23.27]
[02:26.03]I will be in Hollywood  Mama
[02:29.08]Before the roosters crow again
[02:31.54]
[03:00.60]When I first started playing music
[03:03.10]
[03:03.66]Over sixteen years ago
[03:05.72]
[03:08.79]Every big town in the country
[03:11.48]
[03:12.10]From St  Francisco to Baltimore
[03:14.29]
[03:17.54]Trying to bring some happy hours
[03:20.47]Doing the only thing I know
[03:22.66]
[03:25.85]Can't help it  but I love it
[03:28.91]Stand here  sing to you
[03:31.04]
[03:34.54]Brings back so many memories
[03:37.54]Many things we used to do
[03:39.60]
[03:43.04]'Till I see you here again
[03:45.91]Take care  good luck to you