Til John Lee Hooker Calls Me by Garland Jeffreys Lyrics

James Brown’s cape is on the auction block
Should be in a museum under key and lock
All the jewels and gems on the fingers of Fats Domino
Don’t affect me it’s his voice I wanna know
They say that afterlife’s an afterglow
I’m gonna wait ‘til John Lee Hooker says so

Bo Diddley’s in the yard
Four speakers screamin’ from the corners
Two woofers, a hoofer, God
I bet you thought I was a goner
Right from the very start
I always loved Sinatra and King Cole
But not gettin’ any younger
And I’m not feelin’ very old
But I’m not shoppin’ for my cemetery tomb soon
I’m gonna wait till John Lee Hookеr makes room

Hurry hurry hurry baby
Boom boom boom
Been so many years now
We’vе been bride and groom
Born in forty-three in the month of June
Sooner or later gonna dust my broom
Gonna follow in the footsteps of John Lee
And wait ‘til John Lee Hooker calls me
Seen a lot heard a lot done a lot
Between you and me
Loved all the sounds from Armstrong
To what’s goin’ on currently
But let me tell you what I found
A secret so elementary
The king who wears the crown
Is not the king necessarily
But before my ashes blow into the sea
I’m gonna wait for John Lee Hooker to call me