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Crossroads

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I went to the crossroads
fell down on my knee
I asked the Lord above me for mercy
"Save Bob, if you please"

Standing, standing on the crossroad
Yeah, I try to flag a ride
Don't nobody seem to know me
just everybody passing me by

I went down to the crossroads
fell down on my knee
I asked the Lord above me for mercy
"Save Bob, if you please"

Standing, standing on the crossroad
I try to flag a ride
Don't nobody seem to know me
just everybody passing me by

I'm standing on the crossroad, baby
Yeah, I think I'm sinking down
Sinking, sinking down

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neon_like On Feb 18, 2002

A horse in the country

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by SLYcrafts

17y ago

'Cross Road Blues' wrote by Robert Johnson Released May 1937 Recorded San Antonio, Texas. Friday, November 27, 1936

Others who have recorded it: The Doors during their 1970 Live in Detroit Concert/CD Cowboy Junkies Cream Derek & The Dominos Dion on Bronx in Blue 2006 Free (live) Elmore James The Hamsters (live)[5][6] Ibex (live) Lynyrd Skynyrd (live) Rolling Stones Rush Ten Years After The Allman Joys Van Halen (live) Steve Miller Band (live) Molly Hatchet (live) Smak (live) Stephen Stills (Indiana University's Assembly Hall, Indiana, USA - 19 October 1972) Jeff Berlin on Pump It 1986 Page and Plant (live) John Mayer (live) Stoney Larue (live)

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