A Song for Robert Johnson-Melanie

[ti:A Song for Robert Johnson] [ar:Melanie] [al:Melanie - More Stories to Tell] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]A Song for Robert Johnson - Melanie [00:21.75]Up on north to Detroit [00:23.77]South down 51 to Memphis [00:27.16]A pistol in his hand [00:28.58] [00:31.31]There's many a good man hidin' in the shadows [00:34.49]Just waitin' to give that boy six feet of land [00:38.44] [00:41.11]'Little Robert Dusty' [00:42.11] [00:43.30]He's been stealin' hearts so easily [00:45.74] [00:46.38]You should hear him when he sings [00:48.58] [00:50.58]Double dealing at the crossroads [00:53.61]Him and his guitar they say [00:55.91] [00:56.69]Something's been playin' them [00:59.43] [01:00.98]Feeling down in the fingertips [01:06.45] [01:07.32]Bold good feeling woh oh [01:10.14] [01:11.15]Like you could die for it [01:12.50] [01:14.53]And the bird that whistles [01:17.24] [01:19.34]And the bird that sings [01:22.43] [01:24.14]And the strong strong heart beatin' [01:27.34] [01:29.10]And the stretched - out wings [01:31.83] [01:34.00]Passion be a memory she said [01:36.08] [01:36.92]Lookin' at the sheets where he used to lie with her [01:41.32] [01:43.97]Holdin' a picture she's livin' again [01:46.15] [01:47.49]Things she felt when he played for her [01:51.29] [01:53.64]'Little Robert Dusty' [01:54.96] [01:56.38]Stole her heart so eaisly [01:58.83] [01:59.57]She could hear him when he sings [02:01.74] [02:04.18]Double dealing at the crossroads [02:06.64]Him and his guitar they say [02:09.06] [02:09.73]That something's been playing them [02:12.64] [02:13.96]Feeling down in the fingertips [02:19.32] [02:20.25]Bold good feeling woh oh [02:22.89] [02:24.14]Like you could die for it [02:25.51] [02:27.25]And the bird that whistles [02:30.29] [02:32.29]And the bird that sings [02:35.31] [02:37.21]And the strong strong heart beatin' [02:40.69] [02:42.28]And the stretched out wings that he made [02:47.36] [02:49.46]Won't so easily won't so easily fade [02:57.46] [03:03.84]The talk is he still comes around [03:05.87] [03:06.90]Hey from Mississippi when your road is dark as night [03:11.19] [03:13.64]When nothing else gets to your sadness [03:16.11] [03:16.67]He's pickin' up his guitar and he's feeling it right [03:20.81] [03:23.18]'Little Robert Dusty' [03:24.50] [03:25.70]And they stole his heart so easily [03:28.82]He was singin' 'all my love in vain' [03:31.07] [03:33.44]Killin' at the crossroads [03:34.63] [03:35.25]But him and his guitar they say [03:38.17] [03:38.98]That something's still playin' them [03:42.20] [03:43.31]Feeling down in the fingertips [03:48.58] [03:49.48]Bold good feeling woh oh [03:52.25] [03:53.33]Like you could die for it [03:54.68] [03:56.66]And the bird that whistles [03:59.73] [04:01.39]And the bird that sings [04:04.22] [04:06.61]And the strong strong heart beatin' [04:09.83] [04:11.56]And the stretched-out wings [04:13.92] [04:15.83]Feeling - down in the fingertips [04:21.28] [04:22.26]Bold good feeling woh oh [04:24.69] [04:25.97]Like you could die for it [04:27.33] [04:29.39]And the bird that whistles [04:32.39] [04:34.13]And the bird that sings [04:36.94] [04:39.17]And the strong strong heart beatin' [04:42.48] [04:43.98]And the stretched-out wings