A Tribute to a King - William Bell

Listen, people, listen

I’m gonna sing you a song

About a man who lived good

But didn’t live too long

He was born in Macon, Georgia

A poor boy without a dime

He found his way to Memphis

Singing These Arms Of Mine

Otis, Otis Redding was his name

Without his soulful singing

This old world won’t be the same

Now he traveled on to Frisco

New York and abroad

Everywhere he sang

The people would applaud

One day he left Georgia

Wisconsin bound

But he didn’t get to sing that night

The plane he was in went down

He was a soul music singer

The king of the Memphis sound

It makes me feel so sad

Cause now he ain’t around

He died with his guitar

Close to his hands

But his soul lives on today

In the heart of a million fans

Taking about

Otis, Otis Redding was his name

His picture oughta be hung

In the music hall of fame

Otis, he was known as Big O

Otis, we gonna miss him so

Otis, ooh, yeah

We gonna miss him so