"Freddie's Dead" lyrics
"Freddie's Dead"
(originally by Curtis Mayfield)
Hey, hey...
Lord, Lord, Lord, Lord, Lord
Yeah, yeah
Hey, hey...
Freddie's dead
That's what I said
Let the man rap a plan
Said he'd sing him home
But his hope was a rope
And he should've known
It's hard to understand
There was love in this man
I'm sure all would agree
That his misery
Was his woman and things
Freddie's dead
That's what I said
Everybody's misused him
Ripped him off and abused him
Another junkie plan
Pushin' dope for the man
A terrible blow
But that's how it goes
A Freddie's on the corner now
If you wanna be a junkie, well
Just remember Freddie's dead
We're all built up with progress
But sometimes, I must confess
We can deal with rockets and dreams
But, reality - what does it mean?
Ain't nothing said
'Cause Freddie's dead
Hey, hey...
Lord, Lord, Lord, Lord, Lord
Yeah, yeah
Hey, hey...
Lord, Lord, Lord, Lord, Lord
Yeah, yeah
Hey, hey...
All I want is some peace of mind
With a little love I'm trying to find
This could be such a beautiful world
With a wonderful girl
Ooh, I need a woman child
Why can't we brothers
Protect one another?
No one's serious
And it makes me furious
Freddie's dead
Don't be misled
Just think of Fred...
Everybody's misused him
Ripped him off and abused him
Another junkie plan
Pushin' dope for the man
A Freddie's on the corner now
If you wanna be a junkie, well
Freddie's dead...
Ha, ha, ha...
Freddie's dead...
Thanks to Ludwig Von Biglee for adding these lyrics.
Writer(s): Curtis Mayfield
- AZLyrics
- F
- Fishbone Lyrics
album:
"Truth And Soul" (1988)
You May Also Like
New York Dolls - "Personality Crisis" Whoa, ooh
Yeah, yeah, yeah
No, no, no, no, no, no, no, no
Well, we can't take her this week
And her friends don't want another speech
Hoping for a better day to hear what she's got to say
All about...
Soul Coughing - "Is Chicago, Is Not Chicago" A man drives a plane into the Chrysler Building
A man drives a plane into the Chrysler Building
Saskatoon is in the room
Poulsbo is in the room
Bennetsville is in the room
Palmyra is in the room
Is...
Porno For Pyros - "Tahitian Moon" My boat's capsized, it's gonna sink to the bottom
I can see the lights on the shore getting farther away
I don't know if I'll make it home tonight
But I know I can swim under the Tahitian moon
I...
311 - "Beautiful Disaster" Today seems like a good day to burn a bridge or two
The one with old wood creaking that would burn right away on cue
I try to be not like that, but some people really suck
People need to get the...
Morphine - "Honey White" Honey white, honey white
Honey white, made a deal for some angel food
Honey white, honey white
Everybody told her it was sweet and good, yeah
Oh honey She said you'll see me later, yeah you'll see...