Big Sister's Radio

It was hanging in the corner

Like a candy ball and chain

It wasn't nothing she ever thought about

Didn't know it was gone the day she moved out

In my hand if I pointed it just right

You oughta heard what come to me at night

On that little transistor, my big sister's radio

It couldn't hold a candle

To a mighty stereo

Only had one speaker, only had one dial

Man, that radio used to make me smile

So many DJs from so far away

You oughta heard the records they would play

On that little transistor, my big sister's radio

My big sister's transistor radio

Had a song for my heart and a song for my soul

One for my heartaches and one for my tears

Every song was music to that young boy's ears

Memphis and New Orleans

Only half a turn away

Nine hundred miles, turning that dial

And the music would start to play

I heard that old soul rock and roll, rhythm and blues

Man, I didn't know what I was getting into

On that little transistor, my big sister's radio

My big sister's transistor radio

Had a song for my heart and a song for my soul

One for my heartaches and one for my tears

Every song was music to that young boy's ears

Now that I'm grown I long for those nights

In the corner by the bedroom light

Laughing and a-singing, dancing in my drawers

Spinning that dial 'til my fingers got sore

All of those DJs I wished I could call

Looking back, I know I owe it all

To that little transistor, my big sister's radio

To that little transistor, my big sister's radio

When I first heard John Lee

I first heard rhythm and blues

And I first heard Aretha Franklin, you know I did

I first heard Wizzle Biggin' and Otis Redding too

I heard 'em on my (Big sister's radio)

I heard 'em on my (Big sister's radio)

I heard 'em on my (Big sister's radio)

I heard 'em on my (Big sister's radio)