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.