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The Night Chuck Berry Died

by Joshua A F Cook

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1.
COMING ON STRONG Oh when I met her last winter I took a sip from her loving cup Until she said I had to quit her The scale had tipped, and I couldn’t get enough She can’t be satisfied, and she’s never wrong Come, come, she comin’ on strong tonight She wore a bad-luck locket Of secret spells that nobody knows She kept her hand in my pocket So she could tell when I was ready to go And when the lights go down she’ll go all night long Come, come, she comin’ on strong tonight Come, come, she comin’ on strong tonight Come, come, she comin’ on strong tonight Now I got a clearer indication How I fell for her infatuation Bowed to the mistress of temptation When she said oooh, I said whoooa! But who can really blame her when she’s so young Come, come, she comin’ on strong tonight Come, come, she comin’ on strong tonight Come, come, she comin’ on strong tonight
2.
ALL BAD THINGS Been on a cloud of uncertainty Been comin’ down to the harsh reality I want out of this poverty I want out — what’s goin’ wrong with me? No doubt, no doubt, no doubt, All bad things come in threes. I got no work, the city towed my car, I sunk so low I even stole a 12-string guitar I wanna know why life’s got it out for me I wanna cry — someone say a prayer for me Ain’t no doubt, no doubt, no doubt, All bad things come in threes. I met a fine girl, took her out for drinks, I spilled the wine, my card’s declined, and I threw up in the sink I wanna know why life’s got it out for me I wanna cry — someone say a prayer for me Ain’t no doubt, no doubt, no doubt, All bad things come in threes. Baby, take a look at me, can’t you see I got a dream I’m gonna be a star, just like we all are But now I feel so down and out that it makes me wanna shout Don’t close that door, I need you more, than ever, ever, ever, ever, ever before. No doubt, no doubt, no doubt, All bad things come in threes. No doubt, no doubt, no doubt, All bad things come in threes. No doubt, no doubt, no doubt, All bad things come in threes.
3.
LOOK WHAT SHE DONE TO ME I met her ramblin’ down near Natchez She had a candle and I had matches And her eyes aflame, she saw through my game She said she rode in from Alabama As she was holdin’ a silver hammer And she crushed my brain when she said my name Look what she done to me, what she done to me Look what she done to me, what she done to me We met a preacher out near Clarksdale He tried to teach her, Lord, by the cross and nail, but he failed And when he took us in, they fell into sin, Look what she done to me, what she done to me Look what she done to me, what she done to me When I whispered in her ear my heart was on her shelf, She looked me in the eye and said, “Boy, I did it for myself!” We caught the last train to Atlanta She gave me more pain, Lord, than I could handle. And when she kissed my face as we parted ways, I said: Look what she done to me, what she done to me Look what she done to me, what she done to me When I whispered in her ear my heart was on her shelf, She looked me in the eye, she said now, “Boy, I did it for myself!”
4.
A HOLE WHERE MY HEART SHOULD BE I’ll tell you a story so you can see What happens to a man like me When there’s a hole where my heart used to be, Oh yeah I’m feelin’ so weary, but I can’t sleep Alone in bed I hang my head and weep Into this hole where my heart used to be Mercy me After everything is said and done, I do apologize If I’m not the man you thought I was, God knows I tried To hold you in my loving arms and keep you satisfied But I could not give you everything you want, and I saw the pain in your eyes And that is what hurts me, more than you’ll see Now here I am just beggin’ on my knees Down in this hole where my heart used to be Mercy me Now that is my story, you heard it from me Now pray that one day I may find my peace Lord, with this hole where my heart With this hole where my heart With this hole, yeah yeah yeah, where my heart used to be Mercy me
5.
MAKE IT GOOD Oh baby please if you’ll agree To let me hold you for the whole night through I’ll do anything I can to make it good with you Oh baby please listen to me You know that every word I say is true I’ll do anything I can to make it good with you You know the place, you know the time, So let’s pop another bottle of wine The whiskey’s gone, it’s almost dawn, And I just want the night to go on, So baby please stay close to me You know there’s nothing I would rather do Than do anything I can to make it good with you I don’t know where, I don’t know when We’ll ever be together again So hold me close, don’t let me go Because right now there’s no tomorrow I’ll do anything I can to make it good If you’ll do anything you can to make it good And we can do anything we can, To make it good, to make it good, to make it good, I’ll do anything I can to make it good with you.
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TILL I FIND MY WAY HOME Well I’ve known since the day I was born That I walk a long lonely road And I hope you will help me to carry this load Lord, till I find my way home Everyday I search high and low For a place with my name on the door And I hope you will help me to carry this load Lord, till I find my way home When my train comes along I’ll be high and hangin’ on When my train comes along There’ll be no looking back, and I know There are so many ways I can go Into space or to a distant shore And I hope you will help me to carry this load Lord, till I find my way home When my train comes along I’ll be high and hangin’ on When my train comes along There’ll be no looking back, and I know There are so many ways I can go Into space or to a distant shore And I hope you will help me to carry this load Lord, till I find my way home Yes, I hope you will help me to carry this load Lord, till I find my way home Lord, till I find my way home Lord, till I find my way home.
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LADY FEATHER Lady Feather, if you ever hear another word that I say, Lady Feather, please remember, I’ll be true to you till the end of my days, Even when the stars start to fade Coming summer days, early mornings with nothing to do Slowly wander away like the new evening dew Oh I can’t take more than I am given, And I have vowed to give my heart to you In sunshine days played in lazy rhythm Where I have vowed to give my heart to you So we dance and sway to another midsummer night’s dream In this golden state where we play, hide away Oh I can’t take more than I am given, And I have vowed to give my heart to you In sunshine days played in lazy rhythm Where I have vowed to give my heart to you No, I can’t take more than I am given, And I have vowed to give my heart to you In sunshine days played in lazy rhythm Where I have vowed to give my heart to you I have vowed to give my heart to you I have vowed to give my heart to you I have vowed to give my heart to you I have vowed to give my heart to you So Lady Feather, please remember, I have vowed to give my heart to you.
8.
THIS, THAT & THE OTHER You talk about love but you don’t know what it means You cut to the heart just to watch a good man bleed Baby, I believe you belong in a penitentiary You’re up in face, you got cocaine on your breath You’re talkin’ in circles and you don’t make too much sense And this conversation is boring me to death You’re comin’ at me with This, that & the other, you know you ain’t my mother This, that & the other, you know you ain’t my mother I can’t go along with it the way you bother me with This, that & the other, all right! You talk about love but you don’t know what it means You go on and on ‘bout the way things oughta be But you’re just repeating the things you heard on TV You’re comin’ at me with This, that & the other, you know you ain’t my mother This, that & the other, you know you ain’t my mother I can’t go along with it the way you bother me with This, that & the other, all right! Get down with This, that & the other, you know you ain’t my mother This, that & the other, you know you ain’t my mother I can’t go along with it the way you bother me with This, that & the other, all right! This, that & the other, this, that & the other This, that & the other, this, that & the other I can’t go along with it the way you bother me with This, that & the other, one more time, I said: This, that & the other, this, that & the other This, that & the other, this, that & the other I can’t go along with it the way you bother me with—
9.
A PRAYER FOR YOU Once, when I was broken-hearted, I turned to my lover and I sighed: “Soon I will have departed From this world, and I’ll have no place to hide, So, please, don’t turn me away from your doorstep Cuz I, I wanna stay where your heartbeat can be heard Then I don’t need to say another word.” Soon my lover replied, “Oh, how do I know that you’ll be true?” Oh, I felt crippled inside, But I realized exactly what to do: I said, “Please, don’t take away my pillow, Cuz I, I wanna stay where your heartbeat can be heard Then I don’t need to say another word.” A prayer for you is a prayer for me Coming round and round eternity A prayer for you is a prayer for me Going round and round eternity So please, don’t turn a deaf ear to my sorrow, Cuz I, I wanna stay where your heartbeat can be heard Then I don’t need to say another word No I don’t need to say another word No I don’t need to say another word, no, no, no, no, Oh no-no, no-no! A prayer for you is a prayer for me Coming round and round eternity A prayer for you is a prayer for me Going round and round eternity A prayer for you is a prayer for me Coming round and round eternity A prayer for you is a prayer for me Going round and round eternity
10.
ALL OUR YESTERDAYS When all our yesterdays are buried in the ground When can be here today, but tomorrow lay me down I was born, born of love and death Now I see the door with each and every breath, hear what I said? When all our yesterdays are buried in the ground When can be here today, but tomorrow lay me down As I rest my head on this hollow bed Waiting for the sun for to rise again Mama, mama, mama, when my time has come, I know you’ll be awaiting in the setting sun, That’s where we all come from When all our yesterdays are buried in the ground When can be here today, but tomorrow lay me down When all our yesterdays are buried in the ground When can be here today, but tomorrow lay me down When all our yesterdays are buried in the ground When can be here today, but tomorrow lay me down Tomorrow lay me down Tomorrow lay me down Tomorrow lay me down Tomorrow lay me down.

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Joshua Cook is a New Orleans based singer, songwriter, performer, and world class international troubadour.

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