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a wonderful lady whom i admire very much by the name of moms mabley sung a song about a lot of great men
but you know somehow i still feel that there’s a lot of great men to be sung about
i’ve got some friends ladies gentlemen who have gone home before me
i hope you don’t mind if i take a little time now to tell you about them
anybody here seen my friend nat king cole
can you tell me where nat has gone
the last thing i heard him say he was gonna look back over his life
before he could do it he was gone
oh before he could do it he was gone
has anybody here seen my friend sam cooke
can anybody tell me where sam has gone
the last thing he told me that a change was gonna come
but before he could see it he was gone
oh before he could see it he was gone
i’ve got another friend by the name of otis redding
can anybody tell me where otis has gone
last time i saw him he was sittin’ down by the dock of the bay
i looked around for otis he was gone
i looked around my friend otis redding was gone
hmmmm hmmmm oh i have to moan about it sometime hmmmm
that makes me know i’ve got to leave here one day
but i don’t worry about it for you know why
i’ve got friends oh yes i have waitin’ on me
you know what they’re gonna say when i get there
they will say ‘come on in pickett sit down rest awhile
i know you’re tired i know you came from a mighty long ways
i know you’ve had hard times i know you had to give up life for long
come on in don’t worry no more we will stand by you we will never let you down
come on in come on in sit down sit down’
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Artist: Wilson Pickett
Year: 1970
Decade: 70s
Language: en
Word Count: 163