Some Music

 
 
 
"Let It Rock"
 
 
In the heat of the day down in Mobile, Alabama
Workin' on the railroad with a steel drivin' hammer
I gotta get some money buy some brand new shoes
Try to find somebody take away these blues
"She Don't Love Me" hear 'em singin' in the sun
Payday comin' when my work is all done
 
Well up in the evenin' when the sun is sinkin' low
All day I been waitin' for the whistle to blow
Sittin' in a teepee built right on the tracks
Rollin' them bones 'til the foremen come back
Pick up your belongings boys scatter about
We got an off-schedule train comin' two miles out
 
Everybody scramblin' and jumpin' around
Pickin' up the money tearin' the teepee down
Foreman was to panic 'bout to go insane
Tryin' to get the workers out the way of the train
Engineer blowin' the whistle long and long
Can't stop the train they have to let it roll on
 
 
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"Bye Bye Johnny"
 
 
She drew out all her money at the Southern Trust
And put her little boy aboard a Greyhound Bus
Leavin' Louisiana for the Golden West
Down came the tears from her happiness
Her own little son name Johnny B. Goode
Was gonna make some motion pictures out in Hollywood
 
Bye, bye, bye, bye
Bye, bye, bye, bye
Bye-bye Johnny
Goodbye Johnny B. Goode
 
She remembered takin' money earned from gatherin' crop
And buyin' Johnny's guitar at a broker shop
As long as he would play it by the railroad side
And wouldn't get in trouble he was satisfied
But never thought there'd ever come a day like this
When she would have to give her son a goodbye kiss
 
Hollerin' bye, bye, bye, bye
Hollerin' bye, bye, bye, bye
Bye-bye Johnny
Bye-bye Johnny B. Goode
 
She finally got the letter she was dreamin' of
And Johnny wrote and told her he had fell in love
As soon as he was married he would bring her back
And build a mansion for her by the railroad track
So every time they heard the locomotive roar
They'd be a-standin' a-wavin' in the kitchen door
 
Hollerin' bye, bye, bye, bye
Hollerin' bye, bye, bye, bye
Bye-bye Johnny
Goodbye Johnny B. Goode

Thanks Dan, for the reminder that he was much more than just "Jonny B Goode"...

I'm glad you liked it Greg. Those 2 songs blew me away when I first heard them back-to-back several years ago. (Cuz I'd always been inclined to think of Chuck Berry as "oldies music" and didn't pay much attention beyond the obvious ones known to all)