Highway 61

HIGHWAY 61 As recorded by Dr. Feelgood (From the 1987 Album CLASSIC) [Intro] [Verse 1] God said to Abraham ’Kill me a son’ Abe said ’Man you must be putting me on’ God said ’No’ - Abe said ’What?’ God said ’You can do what you want Abe Next time you see me coming you better run’ Abe said ’Where’d you want this killing done?’ God said ’Out on Highway 61’ [Verse 2] Georgia Sam he had a bloody nose The Welfare Department they wouldn’t give him no clothes He asked Poor Howard ’Where can I go?’ Howard says ’There’s only one place I know’ Sam said ’Tell me quick man I got to run’ Oh Howard he just pointed with his gun He said ’That way down Highway 61’ [Harmonica Interlude] [Verse 3] Mack the Finger said to Louis the King ’I got forty red-white-blue shoe strings And a thousand telephones that don’t ring Do you know where I can get rid of these things?’ Louis the King said ’Let me think for a minute son’ And he said ’Yes I think it can be easily done - Just take everything down to Highway 61’ [Harmonica & Guitar Solo]                   [Verse 4] Well the 5th daughter on the 12th night Told the 1st father that things weren’t right My complexion she says is much too white He says ’Come here step into the light’ He says ’Mam you’re right - let me tell The 2nd mother this has been love’ But the 2nd mother was with the 7th son And they were both out on Highway 61 [Verse 5] Now the roving gambler he was very bored Trying to create a next World War He found a promoter who nearly fell on the floor He said ’I never engaged in this kind of thing before’ But yes I think it can be very easily done Well just put some bleachers out in the sun And head it out on Highway 61 [Outro]