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Chuck Berry
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(Spoken:) Lord have mercy, got to tell it, tell it just like it is, ev抮y word.
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Yeah! I was living in St. Louis
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In the year of nineteen fifty five
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Mama didn抰 have no great mansion,
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Just a little old country dive.
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Papa worked all week long,
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Try抧?to keep us six kids alive.
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So I hitch hiked to Chicago
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Just to hear Muddy Waters play
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I sat and listened to him sing
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Until the early hours of day
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I asked him what I could do to make it
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And it was he who showed me the way
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I went back home and wrote a song
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And made a record I could claim
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The little tune jumped on the charts
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And rode me right on up to fame
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It netted over ten thousand dollars
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And added glory to my name
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I was standing at the airport
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With my guitar in my hand
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And a first class ticket
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Destination movie land
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I will be in Hollywood, Mama
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Before the roosters crow again
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When I first started playing music
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Over sixteen years ago
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Every big town in the country
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From St. Francisco to Baltimore
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Trying to bring some happy hours
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Doing the only thing I know
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Can抰 help it, but I love it
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Stand here, sing to you
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Brings back so many memories
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Many things we used to do
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æ…£ill I see you here again
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Take care, good luck to you
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