Ashes to ashes,
and dust to dust
If the women don't get you,
old Diddley must
We were two ships passin' in the night
We never didn't meet eye to eye
I was givin' this gift without askin'
This is my way of sayin' good -bye
So I'm ridin' on that old Diddley Special
I'm ridin' on that old
Diddley line
He spent his life with his guitar
strung real low
Checkin' out the long old beach
wherever he'd go
From the streets of Mississippi
all the way to Tokyo
The most African American I ever did know
Oh, I'm ridin' on that boat,
oh, diddly special
I'm ridin' on that
Bo Neely line
Goodbye Bo Neely, goodbye so long
We all gonna miss ya,
but your spirit lives on
Goodbye Bo Neely,
I guess I waited too long
Goodbye, old Diddley, goodbye
Oh, I'm ridin' on that old Diddley special
I'm ridin' on that old Diddley line
Diddley down
Oh, Diddley came a -rollin' to my life
Like a big freight train a -rollin' through
I nev er will forget the day he
came to my hometown
Puffed and puffed
and he blew the house down
Goodbye old Diddley,
goodbye so long
We're all gonna miss ya,
but your spirit lives on
Goodbye old Diddley,
goodbye old Diddley
Took my Bo Diddley so long
Yeah, I'm ridin' on that
Bo Diddley special
I'm ridin' on that Bo Diddley life
Now let me tell you what was so
special about Bo Diddley
He had a hand like a plate
of fish and chips
He dressed in the most romantic style
With a tarp 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 right aboard that boat,
it'll be special
Ride on that boat, it'll be light
As the quartage stepped out into the night
All the best young dudes
dressed in white
A city bus came rollin' by
Destination, Bo Diddley Special, yeah
I'm ridin' on that old diddly special
Ridin' on that old diddly line
I'm ridin' on that old
diddly special
Ridin' on that old diddly line you