Goodbye Jimmy Reed by Bob Dylan
Goodbye Jimmy Reed by Bob Dylan

Goodbye Jimmy Reed

Bob Dylan * Track #6 On Rough and Rowdy Ways

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Goodbye Jimmy Reed by Bob Dylan

Release Date
Fri Jun 19 2020
Performed by
Bob Dylan
Produced by
Bob Dylan
Writed by
Bob Dylan
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Proddy is a slang term for Protestant, which makes sense in the context of the lyric. All religions are the same – or possibly, in the US everybody has assimilated to a common and bland rote religiosity. The narrator prefers “that old time religion” he associates with the blues authenticity of Jimmy...

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Goodbye Jimmy Reed Lyrics

[Verse 1]
I live on a street named after a Saint
Women in the churches wear powder and paint
Where the Jews, and Catholics, and the Muslims all pray
I can tell they're Proddie from a mile away
Goodbye Jimmy Reed, Jimmy Reed indeed
Give me that old time religion, it's just what I need

[Verse 2]
For thine is kingdom, the power, the glory
Go tell it on the mountain, go tell the real story
Tell it in that straightforward, puritanical tone
In the mystic hours when a person's alone
Goodbye Jimmy Reed, godspeed
Thump on the Bible, proclaim a creed

[Verse 3]
You won't amount to much, the people all said
'Cause I didn't play guitar behind my head
Never pandered, never acted proud
Never took off my shoes, throw 'em in the crowd
Goodbye Jimmy Reed, goodbye, goodnight
Put a jewel in your crown and I put out the lights

[Verse 4]
They threw everything at me, everything in the book
I had nothing to fight with but a butcher's hook
They had no pity, they never lend a hand
I can't sing a song that I don't understand
Goodbye Jimmy Reed, goodbye, good luck
I can't play the record 'cause my needle got stuck

[Verse 5]
Transparent woman in a transparent dress
Suits you well, I must confess
I'll break open your grapes, I'll suck out the juice
I need you like my head needs a noose
Goodbye Jimmy Reed, goodbye and so long
I thought I could resist her but I was so wrong

[Verse 6]
God be with you, brother dear
If you don't mind me asking what brings you here?
Oh, nothing much, I'm just looking for the man
Need to see where he's lying in this lost land
Goodbye Jimmy Reed, and everything within ya
Can't you hear me calling from down in Virginia?

Goodbye Jimmy Reed Q&A

Who wrote Goodbye Jimmy Reed's ?

Goodbye Jimmy Reed was written by Bob Dylan.

Who produced Goodbye Jimmy Reed's ?

Goodbye Jimmy Reed was produced by Bob Dylan.

When did Bob Dylan release Goodbye Jimmy Reed?

Bob Dylan released Goodbye Jimmy Reed on Fri Jun 19 2020.

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