MUDDY WATERS

MUDDY WATERS
(M. HODGSON)

LAST CALL FOR THE ILLINOIS CENTRAL!

WAY DOWN MISSISSIPPI
THAT’S WHERE THEY FIRST HEARD MCKINLEY MORGANFIELD SING
ON THE STOVALL PLANTATION
THAT’S WHERE THEY FIRST HEARD MCKINLEY MORGANFIELD SING
‘CALLED HIM MUDDY WATERS
HE COULD SOOTHE THE BURDEN OFF THE BIRD WITH A BROKEN WING

MAKIN’ TWENTY-TWO AND A HALF CENTS AN HOUR
NEEDED A RAISE, COULDN’T GET IT
HANGIN OUT WITH SON SIMS AND SON HOUSE
SON OF A GUN
THEN ONE DAY

HE’S DRIVIN THAT OLD RUSTY CHALMERS
HAD THE HOODOO CHAISIN’ HIM
HE’S THROWIN SALT OVER HIS LEFT SHOULDER
NEEDED THAT RECORD ON THE JUKE BOX
THEN ONE DAY
LOMAX COME ON DOWN
WITH A 300 HUNDRED POUND TAPE RECORDER
RECORDED MUDDY, MUDDY HEARD THE PLAY BACK
SAY “SHOOT MAN, I CAN DO THIS THING, I’M GETTING THE HECK OFF THIS PLANTATION, I’M GOIN’ TO CHICAGO!”

CALL ME THE MISCHIEF
CALL ME THE WIND
CALL ME THE HOODOO
LET THAT GUITAR RING
CALL ME THE CHOCTAW
CALL ME ORIGINAL SIN
CALL ME RAILROAD STEEL
CALL ME THE MOJO HAND

WELL THEY CALLED HIM MUDDY WATERS
AND I JUST LOVE TO HEAR THAT OLD MAN
HE COULD SOOTHE THE BURDEN OFF THE BIRD WITH A BROKEN WING

ROLL ON, ROLL ON MUDDY WATER ROLL ON
ROLL ON, ROLL ON MUDDY WATER, ROLL ON
BUST YOUR BACK, KEEP YOUR MIND RIGHT, ROLL ON
ROLL ON, ROLL ON MUDDY WATER, ROLL ON
BUST YOUR BACK, KEEP YOUR MIND RIGHT, ROLL ON
ROLL ON, ROLL ON MUDDY WATER, ROLL ON
BUST YOUR BACK KEEP YOUR MIND RIGHT, ROLL ON