Bo Diddley Special

Ashes to ashes, and dust to dust

If the women don't get you, Bo Diddley must

We were two ships passing in the night

We never did meet eye to eye

I was given this gift without asking

This is my way of saying goodbye

So I'm riding on that Bo Diddley Special

I'm riding on that Bo Diddley Line

Spent his life with his guitar swung real low

Taking out the long old beat wherever he'd go

From the streets of Mississippi all the way to Tokyo

The most African American I ever did know

So I'm riding on that Bo Diddley Special

I'm riding on that Bo Diddley Line

Goodbye Bo Diddley, goodbye so long

We all gonna miss you, but your spirit lives on

Goodbye Bo Diddley, I guess I waited too long

Goodbye Bo Diddley, goodbye

So I'm riding on that Bo Diddley Special

I'm riding on that Bo Diddley Line

Bo Diddley came rolling through my life

Like a big freight train rolling through the night

I never will forget the day he came to my hometown

Huffed and puffed and blew the house down

Goodbye Bo Diddley, goodbye so long

We all gonna miss you, but your spirit lives on

Goodbye Bo Diddley, goodbye Bo Diddley

Goodbye Bo Diddley, so long

Yeah, I'm riding on that Bo Diddley Special

I'm riding on that Bo Diddley Line

Now let me tell you what was so special about Bo Diddley

He had a hair like a plate of fish and chips

He dressed in the most romantic style

With a tartan jacket and pinstripe polyester pants

All the way down the aisle

He rode his motor scooter around Clearwater, Florida

With his guitar on his back

You know it was square and it was red

And the last thing was the first thing he ever said

He said get on

Riding on that Bo Diddley Special

Riding on that Bo Diddley Line

As the cortege stepped out into the night

All the best young dudes dressed in white

A city bus came rolling by

Destination, Bo Diddley Special, yeah

Riding on that Bo Diddley Special

Riding on that Bo Diddley Line

I'm riding on that Bo Diddley Special

Riding on that Bo Diddley Line