A Song For Robert Johnson - Melanie

Up on north to Detroit

South down 51 to Memphis

A pistol in his hand

There’s many a good man hidin' in the shadows

Just waitin' to give that boy six feet of land

'Little Robert Dusty'

He’s been stealin' hearts so easily

You should hear him when he sings

Double dealing at the crossroads

Him and his guitar, they say

Something’s been playin' them

Feeling — down in the fingertips

Bold good feeling, woh, oh

Like you could die for it

And the bird that whistles

And the bird that sings

And the strong, strong heart beatin'

And the stretched — out wings

Passion be a memory, she said

Lookin' at the sheets where he used to lie with her

Holdin' a picture, she’s livin' again

Things she felt when he played for her

'Little Robert Dusty'

Stole her heart so easily

She could hear him when he sings

Double dealing at the crossroads

Him and his guitar, they say

That something’s been playing them

Feeling — down in the fingertips

Bold good feeling, woh, oh

Like you could die for it

And the bird that whistles

And the bird that sings

And the strong, strong heart beatin'

And the stretched — out wings that he made

Won’t so easily, won’t so easily fade

The talk is, he still comes around

Hey from Mississippi when your road is dark as night

When nothing else gets to your sadness

He’s pickin' up his guitar and he’s feeling it right

'Little Robert Dusty'

And they stole his heart so easily

He was singin' 'all my love in vain'

Killin' at the crossroads

But him and his guitar, they say

That something’s still playin' them

'Little Robert Dusty'

And they stole his heart so easily

He was singin' 'all my love in vain'

Killin' at the crossroads

But him and his guitar, they say

That something’s still playin' them