Running ever since he was born by that river
And gone too soon
Rolling that stone never going home
And drinking that moonshine

Running ever since he was born by that river
And gone too soon
Rolling that stone never going home
Thinking bout you all the time
Thinking bout you all the time

Little Jimi he could fiddle and such
All the neighborhood kids didn't think of him much
A tour as airborne ranger ended in crutches
So Seattle born baby came back to the dust
He played the chitlin circuit out in Tennessee
With the likes of Little Richard and the Isleys
And every night he was heard he would set it on fire
He played with Curtis Knight and the Squires
Then he would go to London and he had no compunction to be the best
He was never outdone he was from the Northwest
And tear the house all up with a southpaw pluck
Headliners quiet with they mouth shut
It was an experience to hear him in the UK
When Martin died he played the anthem in the USA
In 4 short years Johnny Allen set the standard
Overdriven amps hi gain that's the branding
Octavia Wah-Wah and Uni-Vibe
Stereophonic phasing on his electric ride, yeah

Got me wondering what music would u do now
Even as an adult he'd be a Voodoo Chile

Running ever since he was born by that river
Gone too soon
Rolling that stone never going home
And drinking that moonshine

Running ever since he was born by that river
Gone too soon
Rolling that stone never going home
And thinking bout you all the time
Thinking bout you all the time

We all wanna go home repatriate Marcus Garvey
Motivated by songs of Robert Nesta Marley

For his bed last night he only had cold ground
And for a pillow all he had was a rock he found
He got with 2 Island bredren with a rockin sound
They got some bow tie suits and started simmering down
But then they locked up and had the hottest in town
You was some church boys guess you just some Rastas now
Selassie I in the hearts they would fly on the charts
It got political somebody tried to make him a mark
He kept sailing throughout the struggle yeah
Him kept wailing him always champion
The culture
He told em bout the Buffalo soldier
Never give up resistance
On these truths we stand in
Never leaves or the branches
InI are the roots, yeah!

Running ever since he was born by that river
Gone too soon
Rolling that stone never going home
Toking that green Cayan

Running ever since he was born by that river
Gone too soon
Rolling that stone never going home
And thinking bout u all the time
Thinking bout u all the time

For reggae and rock n roll man yall in the book
Yall and the King of Soul Sam Cooke

A little tent birth by the river with burning embers
Just surviving every day an adventure aggression pent up
As a kid learning in Mississippi burning
Relocated to the Chi as a child then joined the Soul Stirrers
Same school as Nat Cole he'd hang with Lou Rawls
Jesus Gave Him Water he sang gospel
Dale Cook he had Bumps Blackwell secular now
Pops said u blessed just go make records somehow he gone
Left Specialty add a E to the Cooke and he outta there
No Little Richard hair in his destiny
In Summertime You Send Me top charters
From his days of past in 58 he slayed it at
The Cavalcade of Jazz then signed to Hugo & Luigi
In a Chain Gang Sad Mood til Cupid told her to Bring It On Home
To Me had his own label racism gave him migraines
Wonder if longtime change ever comes or just my fame

Running ever since he was born by that river
Gone too soon - still twisting in the wind
Rolling that stone never going home
Thinking bout you all the time
Jim Bob Cooke - thinking bout you all the time

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