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Jesus Just Left Chicago Lyrics
Jesus just left Chicago and he's bound for New Orleans.
Well now, Jesus just left Chicago and he's bound for New Orleans.
Yeah, yeah.
Workin' from one end to the other and all points in between.
Took a jump through Mississippi, well, muddy water turned to wine.
Took a jump through Mississippi, muddy water turned to wine.
Yeah, yeah.
Then out to California through the forests and the pines.
Ah, take me with you, Jesus.
You might not see him in person but he'll see you just the same.
You might not see him in person but he'll see you just the same.
Yeah, yeah.
You don't have to worry 'cause takin' care of business is his name.
Well now, Jesus just left Chicago and he's bound for New Orleans.
Yeah, yeah.
Workin' from one end to the other and all points in between.
Took a jump through Mississippi, muddy water turned to wine.
Yeah, yeah.
Then out to California through the forests and the pines.
Ah, take me with you, Jesus.
You might not see him in person but he'll see you just the same.
Yeah, yeah.
You don't have to worry 'cause takin' care of business is his name.
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They said on VH1 storytellers it was about a gospel radio station.
beancrisp is absolutely correct. Sometimes the guys would hear awesome blues music on a radio station in the south, being broadcasted from Chicago. The signal was so strong, it would be heard on a certain day all the way down south, all the way to New Orleans.
beancrisp is absolutely correct. Sometimes the guys would hear awesome blues music on a radio station in the south, being broadcasted from Chicago. The signal was so strong, it would be heard on a certain day all the way down south, all the way to New Orleans.
It was so magical and heavenly and spiritual to them, that such awesome blues music was being broadcasted from so far away, they compared it to Jesus reaching them.
It was so magical and heavenly and spiritual to them, that such awesome blues music was being broadcasted from so far away, they compared it to Jesus reaching them.
Even though the lyrics contain California, through the forests and the pines, I'm pretty certain the signal wouldn't go that far. That section might...
Even though the lyrics contain California, through the forests and the pines, I'm pretty certain the signal wouldn't go that far. That section might have just been for extending the song.
One of my favorite ZZ Top songs, and definitely my favorite album. The snare drum sound and general recording/engineering of this album is some legendary audio.
Sometimes the guys would hear awesome blues music on a radio station in the south, being broadcasted from Chicago. The signal was so strong, it would be heard on a certain day all the way down south, all the way to New Orleans.
It was so magical and heavenly and spiritual to them, that such awesome blues music was being broadcasted from so far away, they compared it to Jesus reaching them.
Even though the lyrics contain California, through the forests and the pines, I'm pretty certain the signal wouldn't go that far. That section might have just been for extending the song.
One of my favorite ZZ Top songs, and definitely my favorite album. The snare drum sound and general recording/engineering of this album is some legendary audio.
@samhopkins - sure, the signal would go that far! When I was a kid in Arizona, we listened to the big 1520, KOMA Oklahoma city, as well as Mexican radio from Juarez. FM can't do that, but AM radio skips off the ionosphere, you can pick it up halfway around the globe!
@samhopkins - sure, the signal would go that far! When I was a kid in Arizona, we listened to the big 1520, KOMA Oklahoma city, as well as Mexican radio from Juarez. FM can't do that, but AM radio skips off the ionosphere, you can pick it up halfway around the globe!
Sorry, I got to point this out. Although further developed in Chicago, The blues roots lie down the Mississippi into the South, represented here as New Orleans. Blues, traditionally thought of as “the Devil’s music”, is instead embraced in this song as something wonderful, the source of salvation through suffering. Reference to California, of course is the continuation of blues music through Texas into California, T-bone Walker for example. But ask any old bluesman - Gospel is a competing force with Blues.
loooove this song one of my favorites of zz top
but why Chicago
A relatively reliable source told me, once, that Jesus <in this song> is a hitman. "Took a job in Mississippi; muddy water turned to wine." Whether we call them "mechanics" or "adjusters" a gigs a gig, yes?
A relatively reliable source told me, once, that Jesus <in this song> is a hitman. "Took a job in Mississippi; muddy water turned to wine." Whether we call them "mechanics" or "adjusters" a gigs a gig, yes?
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