The Life I Used To Live ~Lighning Hopkins Song

Not many people do Lightning's songs. That's probably because few can play in his style. This is a loose interpretation on my part.

The Life I Used To Live

You know the life I used to live....
Ain't going to live it no more...
Ain't going to live it no more.
Well, I used to be so reckless,
Losing friends everywhere I'd go.

Gonna change my way of living,
And go to church again
I'm going to change my way of living,
And join the church again.
Then I can go 'round and talk religious.
Shake hands among my friends

SOLO

Gonna to goodbye, goodbye,
I ain't goin' to live that life no more
Bye bye, bye bye,
Ain't going to live that life no more.

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Comment by Uncle John on July 9, 2015 at 12:54am

Pick, Clock, Bruce and  Bug.   Thanks for the pics with me and the lighting man.   Clock, yours is a keeper.    Wes, I think I know what you mean!

Comment by BUGGY (C) on July 8, 2015 at 7:35pm

Comment by Clock The Wolf on July 8, 2015 at 6:44pm

Comment by Bruce on July 8, 2015 at 3:00pm

That's a lot of sound for being unplugged!  Very nice.

Comment by Clock The Wolf on July 8, 2015 at 2:47pm

That's good.

You might want to try setting the mic back a bit or something, tho...

Comment by the anonymous pick on July 8, 2015 at 2:20pm

unplugged  ?  shes  a boomer  ;-)

Comment by Uncle John on July 8, 2015 at 2:07pm

Thanks, Jim.  Yup on what you said.   I wish I was good enough to be a Lighting Hopkins jukebox and still wise enough to do it my own way.

Comment by Jim Morris on July 8, 2015 at 1:13pm

Cool Unc. I like your loose interpretations. Those tight interpretations bother me. That big box 4 string sounds mighty fine.

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