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Artist: Sonny Boy Williamson II
Canonical path: /sonny-boy-williamson/bad-luck-blues
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Bad Luck Blues
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Bad Luck Blues
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Baby did you hear about the bad luck, the bad luck that happened just about six months ago?
Now did you hear about the bad luck, the bad luck that happened just about six months ago?
Now my cousin Marvin got shot down, just as he was walkin' out the do'
Now and he said please mister, said please don't shoot me no mo'
Now and he said please mister, said please don't shoot me no mo'
He said because my breath is gettin' short, and my heart is beatin' awful slow
And Marvin say I know I got some friends, I want somebody to go and get my mother for me
Marvin say I know I got some friends, I want somebody to go and get my mother for me
Say maybe she can help me with my trouble, people I'm in so much misery
And he say I hate to go leave my mother and father, I hate to go leave my cousin Sonny Boy insane
He say I hate to go leave my mother and father, say I hate to go leave my cousin Sonny Boy insane
Now go tell 'em if they be good they'll come to see me, people on Resurrection Day
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Sonny Boy Williamson II performs "Bad Luck Blues", and this lyric page sits inside the Sonny Boy Williamson II catalog on LyroVerse.
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