Lawd Ha' Mercy
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Words and music by Ryan Michael Galloway
Elvis himself, the
great pretender
He got some help from the Jardinaires
But from up in Memphis, way down to the delta
Without a black man's heart he wasn't half way there
Lead Belly, Blind
Lemon, Muddy Waters
Elmore James, and even Satchamo
They got it down in the roots from where they're testifyin'
Lawd ha' mercy on the on the white boy's soul
Lawd ha' mercy (lawd
ha' mercy)
Lawd ha' mercy on the white boy's soul
Lawd ha' mercy (lawd ha' mercy)
Lawd ha' mercy on the white boy's soul
Well the blue notes
born in Africa
They were raised by the slaves where the cotton grow
You had Jerry Lee, Led Zep and Ten Years After
But without Robert Johnson, there'd be no rock and roll
We stole all the
riffs, yeah we tool all the licks
The words were white the music black as coal
We may have learned to do that shtick
But lawd ha mercy on the white boy's soul
Lawd ha' mercy (lawd
ha' mercy)
Lawd ha' mercy on the white boy's soul
Lawd ha' mercy (lawd ha' mercy)
Lawd ha' mercy on the white boy's soul
Lawd ha' mercy (lawd
ha' mercy)
Lawd ha' mercy on the white boy's soul
Lawd ha' mercy (lawd ha' mercy)
Lawd ha' mercy on the white boy's soul
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