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 in Macon, Georgia

A poor boy without a dime
He found his way to Memphis
Singing These Arms Of Mine


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Otis, Otis Redding was his name

Without his soulful singing
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


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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


Talking about
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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, we gonna miss him so
Otis, ooh, yeah,
We gonna miss him so