A car has killed a friend in Chicago a thousand miles away,
A car has killed a friend in Chicago a thousand miles away.
When I read the news, night came early in my day.

J.B. Lenoir is dead and it hit me like a hammer blow,
J.B. Lenoir is dead and it hit me like a hammer blow,
I cry inside my heart that the world can't hear my man no more.

J.B. had a struggle playin' unappreciated blues in vain,
J.B. had a struggle playin' unappreciated blues in vain,
now the blues has lost a king and I've lost a friend who died in pain.

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