Music and Lyrics: Howlin' Wolf
Whoa-oh, smokestack lightning
Shining just like gold
Why can't you hear me cryin'
Ah-ooh
Ah-ooh
Ah-ooh
Whoa-oh, stop your train
Let a hobo ride
Why can't you hear me cryin'
Ah-ooh
Ah-ooh
Ah-ooh
Whoa-oh, fare you well
I never see you no more
Why can't you hear me cryin'
Ah-ooh
Ah-ooh
Ah-ooh
Whoa-oh, who bit your baby sister?
I been gone
A little bitty boy
Turn me on, ooh-ooh
Ah-ooh
Ah-ooh
Ah-ooh
Whoa-oh, stop your train
Let a poor boy ride
Why can't you hear me callin'
Stop your train
Let a poor boy ride
[etc]
Whoa-oh, who bit your baby sister?
I been gone
A little bitty boy
Turn me on, ooh-ooh
Ah-ooh
Ah-ooh
Ah-ooh
Whoa-oh, fare you well
I never see you no more
Why don't you hear me cryin'
Ah-ooh
Ah-ooh
Ah-ooh
Don't you hear me cryin' one time
It hurts, yes it do
Ah-ooh
[etc]
Whoa-oh, fare you well
I never see you no more
Why don't you hear me cryin'
Ah-ooh
Ah-ooh
Ah-ooh
Whoa-oh, smokestack lightning
Shining just like gold
Why can't you hear me cryin'
Ah-ooh
Ah-ooh
Ah-ooh
Whoa-oh, tell me baby
What's the matter, yeah
Why don't you hear me cryin'?
Ah-ooh
Ah-ooh
Ah-ooh
Whoa-oh, tell me baby
Where did you spend last night?
Why don't you hear me cryin'?
Ah-ooh
Ah-ooh
Ah-ooh
Whoa-oh, stop your train
Let a [hobo/poor boy] ride
Why can't you hear me cryin'
Ah-ooh
Ah-ooh
Ah-ooh
Whoa-oh, fare you well
I never see you no more
Why don't you hear me cryin'
Ah-ooh
Ah-ooh
Ah-ooh
Whoa-oh, who bit your baby sister?
I been gone
A little bitty boy
[Turn me on] ooh-ooh
Ah-ooh
Ah-ooh
Ah-ooh
Whoa-oh, smokestack lightning
Shining just like gold
Why can't you hear me cryin'
Ah-ooh
Ah-ooh
Ah-ooh
Whoa-oh, stop your train
Let a hobo ride
Why can't you hear me cryin'
Ah-ooh
Ah-ooh
Ah-ooh
Whoa-oh, fare you well
I never see you no more
Why can't you hear me cryin'
Ah-ooh
Ah-ooh
Ah-ooh
Whoa-oh, who bit your baby sister?
I been gone
A little bitty boy
Turn me on, ooh-ooh
Ah-ooh
Ah-ooh
Ah-ooh
Whoa-oh, stop your train
Let a poor boy ride
Why can't you hear me callin'
Stop your train
Let a poor boy ride
[etc]
Whoa-oh, who bit your baby sister?
I been gone
A little bitty boy
Turn me on, ooh-ooh
Ah-ooh
Ah-ooh
Ah-ooh
Whoa-oh, fare you well
I never see you no more
Why don't you hear me cryin'
Ah-ooh
Ah-ooh
Ah-ooh
Don't you hear me cryin' one time
It hurts, yes it do
Ah-ooh
[etc]
Whoa-oh, fare you well
I never see you no more
Why don't you hear me cryin'
Ah-ooh
Ah-ooh
Ah-ooh
Whoa-oh, smokestack lightning
Shining just like gold
Why can't you hear me cryin'
Ah-ooh
Ah-ooh
Ah-ooh
Whoa-oh, tell me baby
What's the matter, yeah
Why don't you hear me cryin'?
Ah-ooh
Ah-ooh
Ah-ooh
Whoa-oh, tell me baby
Where did you spend last night?
Why don't you hear me cryin'?
Ah-ooh
Ah-ooh
Ah-ooh
Whoa-oh, stop your train
Let a [hobo/poor boy] ride
Why can't you hear me cryin'
Ah-ooh
Ah-ooh
Ah-ooh
Whoa-oh, fare you well
I never see you no more
Why don't you hear me cryin'
Ah-ooh
Ah-ooh
Ah-ooh
Whoa-oh, who bit your baby sister?
I been gone
A little bitty boy
[Turn me on] ooh-ooh
Ah-ooh
Ah-ooh
Ah-ooh