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Rough And Rowdy Days sessions, Sunset Sound Studio LA - January/February 2020 ?
I live on a street named after a saint
Women in the churches wear powder and paint
Where the Jews and the Catholics and the Muslims all pray
I can tell a Proddy from a mile away
Goodbye Jimmy Reed, Jimmy Reed indeed
Gimme that old time religion, it's just what I need
For thine is the kingdom, the power and 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, proclaim the creed
You won't amount to much the people all said
ÔCause I didn't play guitar behind my head
Never pandered, never acted proud
Never took off my shoes and threw them into the crowd
Goodbye Jimmy Reed, goodbye and good night
Put a jewel in your crown and I'll put out the light
They threw everything at me, everything in the book
Had nothin' 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 and good luck
I can't play the record 'cause my needle got stuck
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
God be with you, brother dear
If you don't mind me askin', what brings you here?
Ah nothin' much, I'm just lookin' for the man
I came to see where he's lyin' in this lost land
Goodbye Jimmy Reed and everythin' within ya
Can't you hear me callin' from down in Virginia? 
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Recording dates & record list 
ROUGH AND ROWDY WAYS