Sam Cooke

zpěvák

Narození:
22. ledna 1931
Úmrtí:
11. prosince 1964, důvod: zavražděn za nejasných okolností
Americký zpěvák původem z Chicaga, vl. jm. Samuel Cook (nar. 1931). Jeho záběr sahal od gospelu, blues a soulu až po swing a rock´n´roll. Od 40. let zpíval gospely, nejprve se svými sourozenci ve sk. Singing Children, později ve sk. Highway...

Píseň: Somebody Have Mercy

Interpret:
Sam Cooke
Album:
Twistin' The Night Away
Somebody have mercy and tell me what is wrong with me 
Somebody have mercy and tell me what is wrong with me 
Sometimes I don't know how I stand the things this woman do to me 
Let me tell you 
When I think about how she do me, the tears fall down like rain, like rain 
When I think about how she do me, the tears fall down like rain, like rain 
When I think I've got her chained down, she starts actin' up again 
Oh let me tell you 
I'm goin' down to the bus station with a suitcase in my hand, yes I am 
I'm goin' down to the bus station with a suitcase in my hand, yes I am 
I'm gonna grab me an armful of greyhound and ride just as close I can 
Do that thing for me now 
(Harmonica solo) 
Let me tell you one more time 
Somebody have mercy I wonder what is wrong with me, lord have mercy 
Somebody have mercy I wonder what is wrong with me, yeah 
Sometimes I don't know how I stand the things this woman do to me 
Do that one more time, my fellas 
I'm standin' here wonderin', baby, with a matchbox hole in my clothes, yes 
I am 
Standin', wonderin', baby, with a matchbox hole in my clothes, yes I am 
Oh I got a long way to get there and I got-a some time to go 
(Scat singing, to fade)