Credits
PERFORMING ARTISTS
George Thorogood & The Destroyers
Performer
George Thorogood
Vocals
Billy Blough
Bass Guitar
Uncle Meat Pennington
Maracas
Jeff Simon
Drums
COMPOSITION & LYRICS
Bo Diddley
Songwriter
PRODUCTION & ENGINEERING
George Thorogood
Producer
John Nagy
Mixing Engineer
Ken Irwin
Producer
Matthew Azevedo
Mastering Engineer
Lyrics
[Verse 1]
I walked forty seven miles of barbed wire
I got a cobra snake for a necktie
A brand new house on the road side
And it's a made out of rattle snake hide
Got a brand new chimney, baby, fit on top, and it's a made out of human skull
Come on take a little walk with me, baby, and tell me who do you love?
Who do you love?
[Verse 2]
Now around the town I use a rattlesnake whip
Take it easy baby don't you give me no lip
Who do you love?
Who do you love?
[Verse 3]
I've got tombstone hand and a graveyard mind
I'm just twenty-two and I don't mind dying
Who do you love?
Yeah, who do you love?
Who do you love?
[Verse 4]
Now, Arlene took a-me by my hand
She said, "lLonesome George, you don't understand
Who do you love?"
The night was dark and the sky were blue
Down the alleyway a house wagon flew
Hit a bump and somebody screamed, you should've heard what I'd seen
[Verse 5]
Who do you love?
Who do you love?
Yeah, who do you love?
Who do you love?
[Verse 6]
Yeah, I've got a tombstone hand in a graveyard mine
Just twenty-two, baby, I don't mind dying
Snake skin shoes, baby, put them on your feet
Got the good time music and the Bo Diddley beat
Who do you love?
Who do you love?
[Verse 7]
I walked forty-seven miles of barbed wire
I got a cobra snake for a necktie
A brand new house on the road side
And its's a made out of rattle snake hide
Got a brand new chimney, mama, put on top and it's a made out of human skull
Come on take a little walk with me, child, and tell me who do you love?
[Verse 8]
Who do you love?
Who do you love?
Who do you love?
Written by: Bo Diddley