A Tribute To a King

Listen, people, listen

I'm gonna sing you a song

About a man who lived good

But didn't live too long

He was born Macon, Georgia

A poor boy without a dad

He found his way to Memphis

Singin' "These Arms of Mine"

Otis, Otis Redding was his name

Without his soulful singin'

This old world won't be the same

Now he traveled on to Frisco

New York and abroad

Everywhere he sang

The people would applaud

One day he left Georgia

Wisconsin bound

But he didn't get to sing that night

The plane he was in went down

Otis, Otis Redding was his name

Without his soulful singin'

This old world won't be the same

He was a soul music singer

The king of the Memphis sound

It makes me feel so sad

'Cause now he ain't around

He died with his guitar

Close to his hands

But his soul lives on today

In the heart of a million fans

Talkin' about

Otis, Otis Redding was his name

Without his soulful singin'

This old world won't be the same

Otis, Otis Redding was his name

His picture oughta be hung

In the music hall of fame

Otis, he was known as Big O

Otis, ooh, we gonna miss him so

Otis, ooh, yeah

We gonna miss him so

Otis