Well, he was born in 1915 His mama died when he was young Named him Honeyboy, and he would sure be A rolling stone A rolling stone A rolling stone A rolling A rolling Well, he wrote A blues that would be Later become rock and roll Rolled dice And drank white whiskey To save his soul To save his soul To save his soul To save his Well, he took to playin' guitar On the blind side of that train Sang songs so sad and lonesome So clear and plain So clear and plain So clear and plain So clear and So clear and Well, he walked With Robert Johnson Was with him on the day he died He said "Robert, I'm-a ride another sixty-nine years,
"Keep them blues alive, "Keep them blues alive, "Keep them blues alive." Young Cedric Had a big-legged woman Honeyboy said, "Cedric, your woman is so fine, "She's a big cigar, "I'd smoke it "If she were mine "If she were mine "If she were mine." Well, he put his hands on my shoulders Felt like the bark of a tree He said "Big Head Todd, these hands will guide you, "When you think of me, "When you think of me, "When you think of, "When you think of." "Well, the world don't owe me nothin "Life has been so good to me "Gave me plenty of good lovin' "So I can die happily, "So I can die happily."