Smokestack Lightnin'
Lyrics: Chester Burnett
Music: Chester Burnett
Whoa-oh, smokestack lightning
Shining just like gold
Why can't you hear me cryin'
Ah-ooh
Ah-ooh
Ah-ooh
Whoa-oh, stop your train
Let a hobo ride
Why can't you hear me cryin'
Ah-ooh
Ah-ooh
Ah-ooh
Whoa-oh, fare you well
I never see you no more
Why can't you hear me cryin'
Ah-ooh
Ah-ooh
Ah-ooh
Whoa-oh, who bit your baby sister?
I been gone
A little bitty boy
Turn me on, ooh-ooh
Ah-ooh
Ah-ooh
Ah-ooh
Whoa-oh, stop your train
Let a poor boy ride
Why can't you hear me callin'
Stop your train
Let a poor boy ride
Whoa-oh, who bit your baby sister?
I been gone
A little bitty boy
Turn me on, ooh-ooh
Ah-ooh
Ah-ooh
Ah-ooh
Whoa-oh, fare you well
I never see you no more
Why don't you hear me cryin'
Ah-ooh
Ah-ooh
Ah-ooh
Don't you hear me cryin' one time
It hurts, yes it do
Ah-ooh
Whoa-oh, fare you well
I never see you no more
Why don't you hear me cryin'
Ah-ooh
Ah-ooh
Ah-ooh
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Variations (0)
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Live Performances (44)
4/9/83
Hampton Coliseum, Hampton, Virginia
10/9/84 The Centrum,
Worcester, Massachusetts
10/20/84 Carrier Dome,
Syracuse, New York
11/2/84 Berkeley
Community Theatre, Berkeley, California
3/10/85 Berkeley
Community Theatre, Berkeley, California
3/22/85 Hampton
Coliseum, Hampton, Virginia
3/28/85 Nassau
Coliseum, Uniondale, New York
4/7/85 The
Spectrum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
6/14/85 Greek
Theatre, Berkeley, California
6/24/85 Riverbend
Music Center, Cincinnati, Ohio
7/14/85 Ventura
County Fairgrounds, Ventura, California
9/3/85
Starlight Theatre, Kansas City, Missouri
9/15/85 DeVore
Stadium, Chula Vista, California
10/28/85 Fox Theatre,
Atlanta, Georgia
2/9/86 Henry J.
Kaiser Convention Center, Oakland, California
4/4/86 Hartford
Civic Center, Hartford, Connecticut
4/18/86 Berkeley
Community Theatre, Berkeley, California
5/11/86 Frost
Amphitheatre, Stanford, California
6/21/86 Greek
Theatre, Berkeley, California
6/30/86 Riverbend
Music Center, Cincinnati, Ohio
12/27/86 Henry J. Kaiser
Convention Center, Oakland, California
8/20/87
Park West, Park City, Utah
12/28/87 Oakland Coliseum
Arena, Oakland, California
4/5/88 Hartford
Civic Center, Hartford, Connecticut
7/30/88 Laguna Seca
Recreation Area, Monterey, California
10/15/88 Bayfront Center
Arena, St. Petersburg, Florida
4/12/89 Rosemont
Horizon, Rosemont, Illinois
7/15/89 Deer Creek
Music Center, Noblesville, Indiana
9/30/89 Shoreline
Amphitheatre, Mountain View, California
7/23/90 World Music
Theatre, Tinley Park, Illinois
12/4/90
Oakland Coliseum Arena, Oakland, California
4/3/91 The
Omni, Atlanta, Georgia
6/25/91
Sandstone Amphitheatre, Bonner Springs, Kansas
8/17/91 Shoreline
Amphitheatre, Mountain View, California
9/5/91
Richfield Coliseum, Richfield, Ohio
5/30/92 Sam Boyd
Silver Bowl, Las Vegas, Nevada
6/12/92
Knickerbocker Arena, Albany, New York
6/28/92 Deer Creek
Music Center, Noblesville, Indiana
3/20/93 The Omni,
Atlanta, Georgia
6/19/93
Soldier Field, Chicago, Illinois
8/21/93 Autzen
Stadium, Eugene, Oregon
12/19/93 Oakland Coliseum Arena, Oakland, California
7/2/94
Shoreline Amphitheatre, Mountain View, California
10/18/94 Madison Square
Garden, New York, New York
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Official Recordings (7)