Rise And Fall Of Jimmy Stokes (Album Version)

Rise And Fall Of Jimmy Stokes (Album Version) - Link Wray

Jimmy Stokes

Came from Alabam'

With just the shirt

On his back

But with a big

Determination

To make it big and

Never come back

He said

Goodbye to his girl Sue

And left the farm to see

What he could do

Came east to

The big hard city

Saw the sights

Lord have pity

Every move he made

Seemed to be right

Made some good friends

He became tight

Always played it cool

He was never a bore

Kept his eyes

Open always knowin' the score

He waited for his

Break and took his prize

And as you would assume

He was on the rise

And with a little

Help from his friends

Jimmy

Became a business head

Now Jimmy Stokes

He was selling cokes

And all the pretty ladies in town

He ran his

Business and was discreet

Paid every cop on his beat

He rides a big custom-tone

Purple Cadillac

With his name

Written on the back

If you can't get it and

You don't know

All you have

To do is ask Jimmy Stokes

Pretty soon

Power went to his head

He started to

Treat his friends bad

One night while a

Big bash at his pad

A knock on the door

The F B I said

"Come on Jimmy

Let's go back to Alabama

With a ball and

Chain doin' time in the hole

You are on the chain

Come on Jimmy"