Down Baby (08-15-47) - Lighnin' Hopkins, Hopkins

Sound like I’m hearing moaning

Death bell ringing all in my head

Sound like I can hear moaning

Death bell ringing all in my head

Yeah, I know that I was gonna

Leave on a chariot but I didn’t know

What kind of chariot gonna

Take me away from here

I want you to remember every living people

Every living people is bound to die

I want you to remember every living people

Every living people is bound to die

Yeah, you know when that chariot come at you

They’ll break running, try to hide

You know my mama told me

You know my papa told me too

You know my mama told me

Oh, papa told me too

He said, «You know one day, son, that chariot

Oh Lord, coming after you»

Yeah, you know the life I’m living

I’ve been living it for a many year

You know the life I’m living

I’ve been living it for a many year

I know the chariot was coming for me

But I didn’t know what kind of chariot

Gonna take me away from here