Lucille-B.B. King

[ti:Lucille] [ar:B.B.King] [al:Anthology 1962-1998] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]Lucille - B.B. King [00:42.43]The sound that you're listening to [00:44.01] [00:45.92]Is from my guitar that's named Lucille [00:47.54] [00:52.36]I'm very crazy about Lucille [00:53.40] [00:54.96]Lucille took me from the plantation [00:56.26] [00:59.90]Or you might say brought me fame [01:02.98] [01:08.99]I don't think I can just talk enough about Lucille [01:10.72] [01:14.00]Sometimes when I'm blue it's seems like Lucille [01:15.96]Trying to help me calling my name [01:17.24] [01:20.49]I used to sing spirituals and I thought that [01:22.29]This was the thing I wanted to do [01:25.93] [01:31.97]But somehow or another when I went in the Army [01:33.70] [01:37.24]I picked up on Lucille started singing blues [01:39.96] [01:46.69]Well now when I'm paying my dues [01:51.24] [01:53.19]Maybe you don't know what I mean [01:54.25]When I say paying my dues [01:55.22]I mean when things are bad with me [01:56.79] [01:59.20]I can always I can always you [02:02.11]You know like depend on Lucille [02:05.02] [02:14.12]Sorta hard to talk to you myself [02:15.48] [02:16.18]I guess I'll let Lucille say [02:17.14]All of a few words and then [02:18.79] [02:32.51]You know I doubt if you can feel it like I do [02:35.41] [02:37.85]But when I think about the things [02:39.50]That I've gone through [02:40.80]Like well for instance if I have a girlfriend [02:45.48]And she's misusing me [02:46.63] [02:49.95]And I go home at night maybe I'm lonely [02:53.61] [02:54.61]Well not maybe I am lonely [02:56.15] [02:58.72]I pick up Lucille and then ping out those funny sounds [03:04.68]That sound good to me you know [03:06.23] [03:10.99]Sometimes I get to play it [03:11.92]Where I can't even say nothing [03:13.26] [03:16.82]Look out [03:17.14] [03:25.69]Sometimes I think it is crying [03:26.66] [04:04.99]You know if I can sing pop tunes like [04:06.66] [04:08.29]Frank Sinatra or Sammy Davis Jr. [04:11.80] [04:13.37]I don't think I still could do it [04:14.67] [04:18.56]'Cause Lucille don't wanna play nothing [04:19.84]But the blues [04:20.35] [04:22.96]And I think I'm I think I'm pretty glad about that [04:25.05] [04:28.77]'Cause don't nobody sing to me [04:29.70]Like Lucille sing Lucille [04:33.31] [04:53.23]Well I'll put it like this take it easy Lucille [04:55.40] [04:58.95]I like the way Sammy sings and I like the way Frank sings [05:01.90] [05:03.08]But I can get a little Frank Sammy little Ray Charles [05:05.69] [05:06.46]In fact all the people with soul in this [05:08.19] [05:25.63]A little Mahalia Jackson in there [05:26.76] [05:45.81]One more Lucille take it easy now ah [05:55.99] [06:22.96]You know I've met a lot of you months ago [06:24.75] [06:26.20]A lot of you wanna know [06:26.86]Why I call the guitar Lucille [06:28.45] [06:31.55]Lucille has practically saved my life [06:32.98] [06:33.49]Two three times [06:34.05] [06:37.01]No kidding really has [06:38.13] [06:40.11]I remember once I was [06:40.99]In an automobile accident [06:42.03] [06:45.13]And when the car stopped turning over [06:46.38] [06:48.42]It fell over on Lucille [06:49.25] [06:50.96]And it held it up off of me really it held [06:52.74]It up off of me [06:53.73] [06:58.25]So that's one time it saved my life [06:59.44] [07:01.60]The way the way I uh I came [07:04.00]By the name of Lucille [07:04.96] [07:07.17]I was over in Twist Arkansas [07:08.29] [07:08.84]I know you never heard of that [07:10.02]But happened and one night the guys [07:16.97]Started a ball over there [07:18.00]You know started brawling you know what I mean [07:20.01] [07:23.73]And the guy that was mad with this old lady [07:26.31] [07:29.37]When she fell over on this gas tank [07:30.98]That was burning for heat [07:32.08] [07:34.45]The gas ran all over the floor and [07:43.55]When the gas ran all over the floor [07:45.07] [07:47.54]The building caught on fire and almost burned me up [07:51.97]Trying to save Lucille [07:52.78] [07:54.30]Uh oh I I imagine you're still wondering [07:56.80]Why I call it Lucille [07:58.76]The lady that started the brawl [08:00.09]That night was named Lucille [08:01.36] [08:11.66]And that's been Lucille ever since to me [08:13.55] [08:16.61]One more now Lucille [08:17.40] [08:45.11]Sounds pretty good to me can I do one more [08:46.76] [09:11.56]Look out Lucille [09:12.02] [09:24.10]Sounds really good I think I'll try one more alright