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Artist: Fred McDowell
Canonical path: /fred-mcdowell/i-heard-somebody-call
Related lyric paths: 6
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I Heard Somebody Call
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I Heard Somebody Call
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(guitar)
Lord, I heard somebody
Keeps on callin' me
Lord, I heard
Lord, I heard
Yes somebody, keeps on callin'
Callin' me
Lord, I'm worried
Baby, don't you wonder
Lord, I heard it
Lord, I heard it
Yeah, somebody
Keeps on call
(guitar)
I got a gal in Cuba
I got three are in Spain
Gal in Cuba
Lord, I got
Three are in Spain
Lord, woman in Memphis
Scared to call
Woman in Memphis, Lord
Lord, I'm scared
Scared to call her name
Lord, Lord
Lord, Lord
(guitar)
I got the meanest woman
Lord, that you ever seen
Meanest woman
Lord, I have ever seen
Ask for whiskey
Give me gas, gasoline
Ask for whiskey, and give me
Gasoline
Lord, that the mean, meanest woman
Lord, I ever
Ever seen, Lord.
(guitar to end)
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