Im Gonna Build Me A Heaven Of My Own by Lightnin' Hopkins is a classic blues album that showcases the Texas bluesman's raw and emotional style. The album features Hopkins' signature fingerpicking guitar style and distinctive vocals, which capture the essence of the blues.
The album includes several standout tracks, including the title track "I'm Gonna Build Me A Heaven Of My Own," which features Hopkins' powerful vocals and haunting guitar riffs. Other highlights include "My Babe," "Ain't It Crazy," and "Black Ghost Blues," which showcase Hopkins' versatility as a guitarist and singer.
My praise to Lightnin' Hopkins for making a song that relates to the thoughts about heaven (and an afterlife) that I have long pondered and thought about (and way before I was even born).
The men can just listen and think about what I'm about to tell them.
The women...
This is dedicated to all women in the world. It goes like this...
Build a heaven...
I'm getting tired of seeing these women
Walk around here and suffering going on.
This is dedicated to the whole world, the women, especially.
Yeah, I'm gonna build me a heaven,
A small one. I'm gonna build me a heaven of my own.
I'm gonna build me a heaven. I'm gonna build me a heaven of my own.
You know, so all of these lovin' women,
Well, man, I can give them a happy home.
That's right,
I'm gonna build a heaven of my own, and a man ain't allowed in there.
Yeah, you know I ain't gonna call myself
"Jesus