Favorite Song Lyrics

Kinda like that last scene in Field of Dreams, if I'm not crying by this verse, you'll know I'm dead:


On the day old Curtis died nobody came to pray
Ol' preacher said some words and they chunked him in the clay
Well he lived a lifetime playin' the black man's blues
And on the day he lost his life that's all he had to lose
Play me a song Curtis Loew, hey Curtis Loew
I wish that you was here so everyone would know
People said you were useless them people all were fools
'Cause Curtis you're the finest picker to ever play the blues
Lynyrd Skynyrd’s lyricism is highly underrated. What it lacks in grace, it makes up for in clear-eyed human observation.