Down in Houston, Texas, on the Christmas Night, With a gun in his hand and his nameup the lights He was young and handsome,the Prince of the Blues, In a shark-skin suit and aligator shoes. He was filled with the women, who had come backstage, And he said:"Ladies, wanna see me play a wild little game?" But Big Mama Thornton said:"Go, sing a song! And put that damn wthing down before something goes wrong!"
Big Mama cried, "Dear Lord!" Big Mama said, He put .22 pistol right up to his head. Then he smiled at the ladies, now Johnny Ace is dead!
Well, the band leader said his saxofone down And said "I think i never split before the cops come round" While the crowd in the theater slowly tripped in away, With their hands hung low, not sure, what to say
But Slick Downbin reckord company man with big diamond ring on both his hands Said: "I'm gonna sent him back to Memphis in a refridgerator truck, Cause Johnny Ace gonna make me milion bucks, yeah"
Big Mama cried, "Dear Lord!" Big Mama said, He put .22 pistol right up to his head. Then he smiled at the ladies, now Johnny Ace is dead!
But Johnny came back home to Memphis, Tennesee Everyone on Beale Street came to see There were pimps and gamblers, husband and wives, Women young and old, all came to say goodbye, As the choir sang and the preacher prayed, Five thousand mourners marched him to his grave. Well, there may be a heaven, and there may be a hell, no one knows for sure, but now Johnny Ace lknows damn well. Big Mama cried, "Dear Lord!" Big Mama said, He put .22 pistol right up to his head. Then he smiled at the ladies, now Johnny Ace is dead!Teksty umieszczone na naszej stronie są własnością wytwórni, wykonawców, osób mających do nich prawa.
