I was born in Chicago in nineteen and forty-one
I was born in Chicago in nineteen and forty-one
Well, my father told me, "Son, you had better get a gun"
Well, my first friend went down when I was seventeen years
old
Well, my first friend went down when I was seventeen years
old
Well, there's one thing I could say about that boy, "You gotta
go"
Well, my second friend went down when I was twenty one years,
baby
Well, my second friend went down when I was twenty one years,
baby
Well, there's one thing I could say about that boy, "You got it
babe"
Well, my blues are alright if there's someone left to play the
game
Well, my blues are alright if there's someone left to play the
game
Well my rules are alright if there's someone left to play the
game.
Oh, they just don't seem the same, baby