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Highway 61 Revisited
Kenny Wayne Shepherd
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Well, 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, but
Next time you see me coming, boy, you better run
You can't hide"
Well, Abe said, "When you want this killing done?"
God said, "Out on Highway 61"
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Well, Georgia Sam, he had a bloody nose
Well-fed papa couldn't give him no clothes
He asked poor Howard, "Where can I go?"
Howard said, "There's just one place I know"
Sam said, "Tell me quick, man, I've got to run"
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Old Howard just pointed with his gun
He said, "That way, down Highway 61"
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Well, Mack the Finger said to Louie the King
"I've got forty red, white, and blue shoestrings
And a thousand telephones that don't ring
Tell me, man, where can I get rid of these things?"
Louie the King said, "Let me think for a minute, son
Still thinking"
He said, "Yes, I think it can be easily done
Just dump it all out on Highway 61"
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Well, the fifth daughter on the twelfth night
Told the first father that things weren't right
"My complexion," she said, "is much too white"
He said, "Come here, step into the light"
He said, "Hmm, you're right
Let me tell the second mother this has been done"
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But the second mother was with the seventh son
And they were both out on Highway 61
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Well, a southern gambler, he was very poor
The China Creek fame fame next world war
He found a promoter who nearly fell off the floor
He said, "I've never engaged in this kind of thing before
But yeah, I think it can be very easily done
You just put some bleachers out in the sun
And have it out on Highway 51"
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Going home
Highway 61
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