Smokestack Lightnin

Ah, oh, smokestack lightning
Shinin', just like gold
Why don’t ya hear me cryin'?
Ah, whoo hoo, ooh…
Whoo…
Whoa, oh, tell me, baby
What’s the, matter with you?
Why don’t ya hear me cryin'?
Whoo hoo, whoo hoo
Whoo…
Whoa, oh, tell me, baby
Where did ya, stay last night?
A-why don’t ya hear me cryin'?
Whoo hoo, whoo hoo
Whoo…
Whoa, oh, stop your train
Let her, go for a ride
Why don’t ya hear me cryin'?
Whoo hoo, whoo hoo
Whoo…
Whoa, oh, fare ya well
Never see, ah, you no more
Ah, why don’t ya hear me cryin'?
Ooh, whoo hoo, whoo hoo
Whoo…
Whoa, oh, who been here baby since
I, I been gone, a little, bitty boy?
Girl, be on
Ah, whoo hoo, whoo hoo
Smokestack Lightning
(Chester Burnett)
Alternate early live version
Yeah, smokestack lightning,
Don’t you hear me callin'?
Don’t you hear me callin'?
Tell me where did you go last night?
I gotta know who you been with.
Tell me where did you go last night?
Yeah, stop your train,
Let me go for a ride, pretty baby, you know,
Stop your train, I gotta ride with you.
Gotta ride with you,
Gotta ride with you.
Fare you well, goodbye, pretty baby,
Fare you well, goodbye, goodbye,
Never see you no more, pretty baby, goodbye,
Goodbye, goodbye,
Goodbye, goodbye,
Goodbye, goodbye.
Yeah, smokestack lightning,
Shining like gold,
Don’t you hear me callin'?
Gotta stop your train, let me go for a ride,
Let me ride with you,
Stop your train and ride with you.