Fortune Man (Live)

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Back in nineteen sixty-three
I was sitting on my front porch
Shellin on my beans
When a white man
Come walkin' up towards me
And he said
Would you like to be as rich as me
And I said hell naw

My name is Johnny Farmer
And I'm starin' at my corn
Pickin' on my six string
Singin' 'bout the day that I was born
When I done met me a man from Hollywood town
He was promisin' me gold
He said I'll bring you fame and fortune man
I said I'll eat your cold dark soul

Playin' for no one you see
Still sittin' on my front porch
Singin' Lord God have mercy on me
When that white man
Come hollerin' at me
And he said
Would you like play the funky blues like me
And I said hell naw

My name is Johnny Farmer
And I'm starin' at my corn
Pickin' at my six string
Singin' 'bout the day that I was born
When I met me a man from Hollywood town
He was promisin' me gold
He said I'll bring you fame and fortune man
I said I'll eat your cold black soul

My name is Johnny Farmer
Well I'm starin' at my corn
Pickin' upon my six string
Singin' 'bout the day that I was born
When I done met me a man from Hollywood town
And he was promisin' me gold
He said I'll bring you fame and fortune man
I said I'll eat your goddamn soul

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released April 15, 2014
Words by: Joshua David and Steven Stewart
Music by: Joshua David

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