Oh Lord, Don't Let Them Drop
That Atomic Bomb on Me

Composers: Charles Mingus       Original performer: Charles Mingus (1961)
First release: Weird Nightmare: Meditations on Mingus album, November 1992
Recording date: June 15, 1990           Recording location: J. D. Studios, Madrid, Spain
Producer: Hal Willner          Engineer: Joe Ferla


Line-up:

Drums: Charlie Watts
Bass: Greg Cohen
Electric guitar: Keith Richards
Lead vocal: Keith Richards
Co-lead vocal: Bernard Fowler
Piano: Chuck Leavell
Saxophone: Bobby Keys
Brass: The Uptown Horns
 

This is a little piece of time
Lord don't drop that atomic bomb on me

Turn it up a little

Drop it on me
It's for Mingus, they're dropping on me

Ooh, oh-oh-oh
Don't let them drop that bomb on me - no, no, no
Oh Lord, oh Lord - ah ha
Don't let them drop that bomb on me - yeah
Don't let them drop it, don't let them drop it, stop it
Bomb on me

Ooh

Don't let them drop it - on me
Drop it, drop it
Don't let them drop the bomb on me
Oh Lord Jesus - oh Lord - oh Jesus - now, now, ow
Drop that atomic bomb on me - don't let them drop the bomb on me - ooh
Ooh, ooh, oh  - drop that atomic bomb on me - oh yeah - no baby - mm-mm

Yeah

Oh yeah, yeah, yeah

Ahh... oh

Mmm...

Mmm, yeah
Oh

Ooh yeah
Ooh, oh Lord, ah Jesus, yeah - oh yeah, that's right
Mmm - don't let them drop it, that atomic bomb on me
Ooh yeah

Don't... no - don't (...)
Don't let them, don't let them, don't let them drop the bomb on me, yeah
Yeah, ooh, baby, don't let them drop it on me - don't let them drop it
Ooh... baby you (...) drop that bomb on me, baby
 
 
 

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