I walk 47 miles of barbed wire, I use a cobra-snake for a necktie, I got a brand new house on the roadside, Made from rattlesnake hide, I got a brand new chimney made on top, Made out of a human skull, Now come on take a walk with me, Arlene, And tell me, who do you love?
Who do you love? Who do you love? Who do you love? Who do you love?
I've got a tombstone hand and a graveyard mine, Just 22 and I don't mind dying.
Who do you love? Who do you love? Who do you love? Who do you love?
I rode around the town, use a rattlesnake whip, Take it easy Arlene, don't give me no lip,
Who do you love? Who do you love? Who do you love? Who do you love?
Night was dark, but the sky was blue, Down the alley, the ice-wagon flew, Heard a bump, and somebody screamed, You should have heard just what I seen.
Who do you love? Who do you love? Who do you love? Who do you love?
I'm the baddest man that you ever seen I'm an old woman's wish and a young woman's dream Um, who do you love?
Bo Diddley buy his baby a diamond ring If that diamond ring don't shine He gonna take it to a private eye If that private eye can't see He better not take the ring from me
Bo Diddley caught a nanny goat To make his pretty baby a Sunday coat Bo Diddley caught a bear cat To make his pretty baby a Sunday hat
Mojo come to my house, a black cat bone And take my baby away from home Ugly that mojo, where's he been? Up to your house and gone again
Bo Diddley, Bo Diddley, have you heard? My pretty baby said she wants a bird
Bo Diddley buy his baby a diamond ring If that diamond ring don't shine He gonna take it to a private eye If that private eye can't see He better not take the ring from me
Bo Diddley caught a nanny goat To make his pretty baby a Sunday coat Bo Diddley caught a bear cat To make his pretty baby a Sunday hat
Mojo come to my house, a black cat bone And take my baby away from home Ugly that mojo, where's he been? Up to your house and gone again
Bo Diddley, Bo Diddley, have you heard? My pretty baby said she wants a bird
Ride on Josephine, ride on Ride on Josephine, ride on Ride on Josephine, you got a runnin' machine A-baby, baby, ride on Josephine, baby ride on
Well, Josephine drivin' a hot rod Ford Twin carburator will eat up the road Twin exhaust stickin' out the rear Somethin' that will really take away from here
Ride on Josephine, ride on Ride on Josephine, ride on Ride on Josephine, you got a runnin' machine Baby, baby, ride on a-Josephine, baby ride on
Josephine's Ford begin to run hot She tried to trade it in at a used car lot The man couldn't believe his nat'ral eyes When she pulled it in to his drive
Ride on, Josephine, ride on Say, Josephine! (Ride on Josephine, ride on) Josephine, child yo' tank is leakin' gas! (Ride on Josephine, ride on)
Say what? Baby, you better shut up and come on ride wit' me Ye-aah, you better ride with me
You say I better mind my business? Ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha You got business baby, you, you good business! I just lo-oo-oo-ve good business! (it's sho' good) (Oh, yeah) You say, what kind of car I drivin'? (maroon '40 Ford) Well, I-I'ma
I'm drivin' a '48 Cadillac With Thunderbird wings Tellin' you baby, that's a runnin' thing I got wings that'll open And get her in the air I think I can take it away from here
A-ride on Josephine, ride on Ride on, Josephine, ride on Ride on Josephine Child, you got a runnin' machine A-baby, baby, ride on Josephine, baby ride on
Well, I bl, bl, believe you, baby 'Cause you-a, you-a, you ain't, been flagged he-he
I don't want no Cadillac (C.A.D.I.L.L.A.C) One I got, I'm gonna take it back (C.A.D.I.L.L.A.C) Come out the house, early in the mornin' (C.A.D.I.L.L.A.C) Both flat tires, didn't give me no warnin' (C.A.D.I.L.L.A.C) Ooh, ooh, Cadillac
Looked in the trunk, there wasn't no jack (C.A.D.I.L.L.A.C) You know I'm gonna take this Cadillac back (C.A.D.I.L.L.A.C) Willie an-a Lillie come a-walkin' up the street (C.A.D.I.L.L.A.C) Doin' a little wiggle, makin' fun of me (C.A.D.I.L.L.A.C) Ooh, ooh, Cadillac
(Yeah)
(Instrumental & tenor sax)
Come to the car but the car wouldn't start (C.A.D.I.L.L.A.C) Cadillac is breakin' my heart (C.A.D.I.L.L.A.C) Got it started, pulled in empty on drive (C.A.D.I.L.L.A.C) Keys to believe in natural lies. (C.A.D.I.L.L.A.C) (Ooh, ooh) Cadillac
Cheyenne rode all day and all through the night Getting into trouble and then into a fight Cheyenne got thrown in a local jail Good ol' Cheyenne was just as tough as a ten-penny nail
And then?
Cheyenne played poker late one night Some tinhorn came in to join and tried to start a fight Cheyenne was so sleepy that he could not see He said 'why don't someone tell this tinhorn to quit messin' around with me?'
And then?
Cheyenne stopped again to get himself a drink He stood by a bar and began to think How he was going to ride out of town He'd ride off across the prairies and put the tinhorn in the ground
And then? Ain't no more! And then? Wait a minute, you want to hear about his girlfriend?
Cheyenne had a girlfriend that lived on the edge of town She got shook up inside when she heard Cheyenne was in town Cheyenne was going out and mess with the tinhorn She said 'look out baby don't do me because I ain't going to do you no wrong.'
Well, I work on the railroad With a sledge in one hand and a pick in the other Well, I can do more work than my brother Work don't hurt me Well, I look over yonder and what I see The ol' water boy a'comin' up to me Sometimes he be running And then again he be jumping Oh, you oughta hear my sledgehammer pumpin' Well, I wanna tell you and I'm-a tell you time and again It was a terrible wind It was my sledgehammer I'm a man amongst men Work for a little bitty pay Sweat running off every way Oh, I'm a working man
