car has killed a friend down in Chicago thousand miles away
car has killed a friend down in Chicago thousand miles away
When I read the news, night came early in my day

J.Lenoir is dead and it’s hit me like a hammer blow.
J.Lenoir is dead and it’s hit me like a hammer blow.
I cry inside my heart that the world can hear my man no more.

Harmonica and Saxophone interlude 

J.had a [bad word] playin’ unappreciated blues in vain
J.had a [bad word] playin’ unappreciated blues in vain
Now the Blues has lost a king and I’ve lost a friend who died in vain