A caress killed a friend and Chicago's thousand miles away,
A caress killed a friend and Chicago's thousand miles away.
When I read the news, nod (?)(note) came early in my day.
J.B. Lenoir is dead and its (it has ?) hit my like a hammer blow,
J.B. Lenoir is dead and its hit my like a hammer blow,
I cry inside my heart that the world can't hear my man no more.
J.B. had a struggled play (?) and appreciated blues in vain,
J.B. had a struggled play and appreciated blues in vain,
now the blues has lost a king and I've lost a friend that died in pain.
A caress killed a friend and Chicago's thousand miles away.
When I read the news, nod (?)(note) came early in my day.
J.B. Lenoir is dead and its (it has ?) hit my like a hammer blow,
J.B. Lenoir is dead and its hit my like a hammer blow,
I cry inside my heart that the world can't hear my man no more.
J.B. had a struggled play (?) and appreciated blues in vain,
J.B. had a struggled play and appreciated blues in vain,
now the blues has lost a king and I've lost a friend that died in pain.