A Tribute To A King

Listen, people, listen

I`m gonna sing you a song

About a man who lived good

But didn't live too long

He was born in Macon, Georgia

A poor boy without a dime

He found his way to Memphis

Singing These Arms Of Mine

Otis, Otis Redding was his name

Without his soulful singing

This old world won`t be the same

Now he traveled on to Frisco

New York and abroad

Everywhere he sang

The people would applaud

One day he left Georgia

Wisconsin bound

But he didn`t get to sing that night

The plane he was in went down

He was a soul music singer

The king of the Memphis sound

It makes me feel so sad

Cause now he ain`t around

He died with his guitar

Close to his hands

But his soul lives on today

In the heart of a million fans

Taking about

Otis, Otis Redding was his name

His picture oughta be hung

In the music hall of fame

Otis, he was known as Big O

Otis, we gonna miss him so

Otis, ooh, yeah,

We gonna miss him so