The Scottsboro Boys - Electric Chair Lyrics |
Off-Broadway Musical (2010) The Scottsboro Boys - Electric Chair Lyrics
GUARD BONES HEY LITTLE BOY LOOK OVER THERE THAT’S WHAT THEY CALL AN E-LEC-TUR-IC CHAIR
GUARD TAMBO IF ON THAT CHAIR YOU PUT YOUR REAR YOUR HAIR FRIZZLES OUT AND YOUR EYES DISAPPEAR
GUARD BONES and GUARD TAMBO IT’S A NATURAL FACT, I HEAR
GUARD BONES NOT EVERY STATE’S GOT ONE OF THOSE
GUARD TAMBO IT CAN DEEP FRY YOUR SKIN IT CAN CURL UP YOUR TOES
GUARD BONES and GUARD TAMBO IT’S A NATURAL FACT, GOD KNOWS OH, THE JUICE RUNS THROUGH YOU AND YOU START TO SHAKE IT’S A KIND OF TAP DANCE BUT YOU AIN’T AWAKE JUST TO HEAR THAT SIZZLIN’ SOUND PEOPLE COME FROM MILES AROUND. MOM AND DAD GET CRAMMED INSIDE WHILE THEIR SONNY BOY’S ELECTRIFIED IT’S SO SHOCKIN’, I DECLARE CAN’T DUPLICATE IT ANYWHERE. GLORY BE TO OUR ELECTRIC CHAIR
GUARD BONES (Pointing his gun at EUGENE.) Dance! I said, “Dance!”
(Terrified, EUGENE dances. EUGENE is joined by the two other electrocuted boys who rise from the dead.)
GUARD BONES and GUARD TAMBO SO LITTLE BOY LIFT UP YOUR CHIN BEING’ AFRAID AIN’T A TERRIBLE SIN DON’T BLUBBER LIKE THAT DON’T SIT THERE AND CRY IT’S NOT EV’RY GUY GETS TO LIGHT UP THE SKY WHAT A FABULOUS WAY A FAB-YU-ABULOUS WAY
SCOTTSBORO BOYS TO DIE
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SYNOPSIS Minstrel March/Hey, Hey, Hey! Our Story Begins Commencing In Chattanooga Alabama Ladies Nothin' Electric Chair Go Back Home Shout! Make Friends With The Truth That's Not The Way We Do Things Never Too Late Financial Advice Southern Days It's Gonna Take Time Zat So? You Can't Do Me The Scottsboro Boys Go Back Home
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