Lucille
@ Rock-Weekend: B.B. King Lyrics

The sound that you're listening to Is from my guitar that's named Lucille
The sound you hear is from my guitar named Lucille

I'm very crazy about Lucille, Lucille took me from the plantation Or you might say, brought me fame
I'm fond of Lucille, she brought me fame and saved me from my past

I don't think I could just talk enough about Lucille Sometime when I'm blue seem like Lucille try to help me call my name
I can't stop talking about Lucille, she comforts me when I'm sad

I used to sing spirituals and I thought that this Was the thing that I wanted to do But somehow or other When I went in the army I picked up on Lucille, and started the singing blues
I used to sing spirituals, but in the army, I started singing the blues on Lucille

Well, now when I'm paying my dues, Maybe you don't know what I mean when I say paying dues, I mean when things are bad with me I can always, I can always, you know like, depend on Lucille
When I'm struggling, I can always depend on Lucille to uplift me

Sort of hard to talk to you myself I guess I'll let Lucille say a few words and then
It's difficult to express myself, so I'll let Lucille speak for me

You know, I doubt if you can feel it like I do But when I think about the things that I've gone through, Like, well for instance, if I have a girlfriend and she misuses me, And I go home at night, maybe I'm lonely Well not maybe, I am lonely, I pick up Lucille And it bring out those funny sounds that sound good to me, you know? Sometime I get to the place where I can't even say nothing Look out Sometime I think it's crying
You might not understand the emotions I feel, but when I'm lonely or hurt, I play Lucille and it speaks for me

You know, if I could sing pop tunes like Frank Sinatra or, Sammy Davis Junior, I don't think I still could do it, 'Cause Lucille don't wanna play nothing but the blues And I think I'm, I think I'm pretty glad about that 'Cause don't nobody sing to me like Lucille Sing, Lucille
I'm glad Lucille only plays blues because nobody sings to me like her

Well, I'll put it like this, take it easy, Lucille I like the way Sammy sings and I like the way Frank sings, But I can get a little Frank, Sammy, A little Ray Charles, in fact all the people with soul in this A little Mahalia Jackson in there One more, Lucille!
I appreciate other musicians, but Lucille is my favorite, and I like blending different musical styles into my blues

You know, I imagine a lot of you wanna know, A lot of you wanna know why I call the guitar Lucille Lucille has practically saved my life two or three times No kidding, it really has
I'm sure many of you wonder why I call my guitar Lucille, but she's saved my life multiple times

I remember once I was in an automobile accident, and When the car stopped turning over, it fell over on Lucille, And it held it up off me, really, it held it up off me So that's one time it saved my life
In a car accident, Lucille shielded me from harm and saved my life

The way, the way I came by the name of Lucille, I was Over in Twist, Arkansas, I know you've never heard of that one, have you? And one night the guys started a ball over there, you know, started brawling, you know what I mean And the guy that was mad with his old lady, When she fell over on this gas tank that was burning for heat, The gas ran all over the floor And when the gas ran all over the floor, the building Caught on fire, and almost burned me up trying to save Lucille Oh I, I imagine you're still wondering why I call it Lucille The lady that started that brawl that night was named Lucille And that's been Lucille ever since to me
I named my guitar Lucille after a woman who caused a brawl in a club, leading to a fire that almost cost me my life while trying to rescue her alongside my guitar, hence Lucille has been its name ever since

One more now, Lucille! Sounds pretty good to me. Can I do one more? Look out, Lucille Sounds pretty good. I think I'll try one more All right
Encouraging Lucille to play more as she sounds good to him