I Do Benefits. I Do Them All

I Remember Back In Detroit, I Used To Go To The Apex Bar Every Night After I Got Off Work. The Bartender There Used To Call Me Boom Boom. I Don't Know Why, But He Did.

But I Don't Want To Do No Big Tours Or Go Out On The Road.

I Been Doing The Same Things As In My Younger Days, When I Was Coming Up, And Now Here I Am, An Old Man, Up There In The Charts. And I Say, Well, What Happened? Have They Just Thought Up The Real John Lee Hooker, Is That It? And I Think, Well, I Won't Tell Nobody Else! I Can't Help But Wonder What Happened.

The One Thing The Blues Don't Get Is The Backing And Pushing Of Tv And Radio Like A Lot Of This Garbage You Hears. They Choke Stuff Down People's Throat So They Got No Choice But To Listen To It.

I Hitchhiked, Took Trucks 'n' Trains - Anything That Would Pick Me Up. I Stopped In Memphis For About Six Months And They Found Me And Come Got Me. Stayed About A Month An' Split Again.