[Intro]
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[Verse 1]
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The sound that you're listening to is from my guitar
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That's named Lucille. I'm very crazy 'bout Lucille.
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Lucille took me from the plantation. Oh you might say,
Brought me fame.
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I don't think I could just talk enough about Lucille.
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Sometime when I'm blue seem like Lucille try to help
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Me call my name.
[Verse 2]
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I used to sing spirituals and I thought that this was
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The thing that I wanted to do. But somehow or other
When I went in the army I picked up on Lucille,
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Started singing the blues.
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Well, now when I'm paying my dues, maybe you don't
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Know what I mean when I say paying dues, I mean when Things are bad with me.
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[Verse 3]
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I can always, I can always,
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Yyou know like, uh, depend on Lucille.
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Sort of hard to talk to you myself. I guess I'll let
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Lucille say a few words and then.
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You know, I doubt if you can feel it like I do.
[Verse 4]
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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
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She misuses me, and I go home at night, maybe I'm
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Lonely, well not maybe, I am lonely, I pick up Lucille
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And it bring out those funny sounds that sound good to
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Me, you know. Sometime I get to play so I
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Can't even say nothing.
[Solo 1]
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Look out.
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Sometime I think it's crying.
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[Verse 5]
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You know, if I could sing pop tunes like Frank Sinatra
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Or Sammy Davis Junior, I don't think I still could do
It, 'cause Lucille don't wanna play nothing but the
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Blues. I think I'm, I think I'm pretty glad about
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That. Cause don't nobody sing to me like Lucille.
[Solo 2]
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Sing, Lucille.
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Well, I'll put it like this. Take it easy, Lucille. I
Like the way Sammy sings and I like the way Frank
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Sings, but I can get a little Frank, Sammy, a little
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Ray Charles, 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!
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You know, I imagine a lot of you wanna know, a lot of
[Verse 6]
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You wanna know why I call the guitar Lucille. Lucille
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Has practically saved my life two or three times. No
Kidding, really has.
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I remember once I was in an automobile accident, and
When the car stopped turning over, it fell over on
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Lucille, and it held it up off me, really, it held it
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Up off me. So that's one time it saved my life.
[Verse 7]
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The way, uh, the way, uh, I, uh, came by the name of Lucille, I was
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Over in Twist, Arkansas, I know you've never heard of
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That one, have you, heh, heh, heh? And one night the guys started a
Ball over there, you know, they started brawling, you
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Know what I mean. And the guy that was mad with his
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Old lady, when she fell over on this gas tank that was
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Burning for heat, the gas ran all over the floor.
[Verse 8]
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And when the gas ran all over the floor, the building
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Caught on fire, and almost burned me up trying to save
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Lucille. Uh, oh I, uh, I imagine you're still wondering why I
Call it Lucille, the lady that started that brawl that
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Night was named Lucille.
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And that's been Lucille ever since to me. One more Now, Lucille.
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[Outro]
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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 pretty good. I think I'll try one more. All Right.
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