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The sound that you're listenin' to |
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Is from my guitar that's named Lucille |
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I'm very crazy about Lucille |
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Lucille took me from the plantation |
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Or you might say brought me fame |
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I don't think I can just talk enough about Lucille |
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Sometimes when I'm blue it's seems like Lucille |
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Tryin' to help me callin' my name |
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I used to sing spirituals and I thought that |
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This was the thing I wanted to do |
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But somehow or another, when I went in the Army |
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I picked up on Lucille, started singin' blues |
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Well, now when I'm payin' my dues |
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Maybe you don't know what I mean when I say payin' my dues |
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I mean when things are bad with me |
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I can always, I can always you, you know, like depend on Lucille |
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Sorta hard to talk to you myself |
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I guess, I'll let Lucille say |
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All of a few words and then |
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You know, I doubt if you can feel it like I do |
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But when I think about the things that I've gone through |
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Like, well, for instance, if I have a girlfriend and she's misusin' me |
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And I go home at night, maybe I'm lonely |
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Well, not maybe, I am lonely |
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I pick up Lucille and then ping out those funny sounds |
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That sound good to me, you know |
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Sometimes I get to play it where I can't even say nothin' |
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Look out |
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Sometimes I think it is cryin' |
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You know if I can sing pop tunes like |
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Frank Sinatra or Sammy Davis Jr. |
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I don't think I still could do it |
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'Cause Lucille don't wanna play nothin' but the blues |
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And I think I'm, I think I'm pretty glad about that |
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'Cause don't nobody sing to me like Lucille, sing Lucille |
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Well, I'll put it like this, take it easy, Lucille |
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I like the way Sammy sings and I like the way Frank sings |
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But I can get a little Frank, Sammy, little Ray Charles |
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In fact all the people with soul in this |
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A little Mahalia Jackson in there |
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One more Lucille, take it easy now |
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You know, I've met a lot of you months ago |
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A lot of you wanna know why I call the guitar, Lucille |
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Lucille has practically saved my life two, three times |
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No kidding, really has |
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I remember once I was in an automobile accident |
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And when the car stopped turnin' over, it fell over on Lucille |
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And it held it up off of me, really, it held it up off of me |
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So that's one time it saved my life |
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The way, the way, I, uh, I came by the name of Lucille |
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I was over in Twist, Arkansas, I know you never heard of that |
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But happened and one night, the guys started a ball over there |
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You know started brawlin', you know what I mean |
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And the guy that was mad with this old lady |
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When she fell over on this gas tank that was burnin' for heat |
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The gas ran all over the floor and when the gas ran all over the floor |
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The building caught on fire and almost burned me up |
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Tryin' to save Lucille |
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Uh, oh, I, I imagine you're still wondering why I call it Lucille |
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The lady that started the brawl that night was named Lucille |
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And that's been Lucille ever since to me |
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One more now, Lucille |
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Sounds pretty good to me, can I do one more? |
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Look out, Lucille |
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Sounds really good, I think I'll try one more, alright |
