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Lyrics of Goodbye Jimmy Reed by Bob Dylan
verse
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
verse
For thine is a 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, and proclaim a creed
verse
You won't amount too 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
verse
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
verse
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
verse
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?
Writer(s): Bob Dylan
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Rough and Rowdy Ways
Album • 2020 • 10 tracks
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Goodbye Jimmy Reed
Bob Dylan
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