Little Richard’s Bible

Penniman and Macon go together

Singing loud sweet Georgia, ooh, my soul

Black mascara thicker than molasses

Sex and sinners take a toll

Freedom feathers falling from old Jim Crow

Got the Mississippi Blues on the radio

Big Easy baking in the red-hot sun

Rock and roll to number one

Little Richard woke up wanting

To cast off sex and idols

God whispered in his ear, "Come on over here

Son, get yourself a Bible"

Pompadour piled high to the sky

Christ is coming by and by

Long Tall Sally, my, oh my

He's got the good book by his side

Yeah, yeah, yeah

Yeah, yeah, yeah

With Richard and the Devil divided

The Holy Word from Heaven's hands

The sound of sweet salvation

Ringing in the ears of every man

Made up, looking pretty

Vanity won't prevail

It's hot down south, but shut your mouth

Grab that old boy by the tail

Little Richard woke up wanting

To cast off sex and idols

God whispered in his ear, "Come on over here

Son, get yourself a Bible"

Pompadour piled high to the sky

Christ is coming by and by

Long Tall Sally, my, oh my

He's got the good book by his side

Ba-doo-d-dom-doo-day

Oh, tutti-frutti

Yeah

Oh, yeah