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wolfamongwolves:

‘Lectric Chair Blues - Blind Lemon Jefferson

This is the most brutal song ever. He sings about watching his father get killed in an electric chair.

Most brutal lyrics of all time:

I’m gonna shake hands with my partner and ask him how come he’s here
I’m gonna shake hands with my partner and ask him how come he’s here
“I had a wreck with my family, they going to send me to the ‘lectric chair”

I wonder why they ’lectrocute a man at the one o’clock hour at night
I wonder why they ’lectrocute a man at the one o’clock hour at night
Because the current is much stronger, then the folks has turned out all their lights

I sat in the electric room, my arms fold up and cryin’
I sat in the ’lectric room with my arms fold up and cryin’
And my baby asked the question was “they gonna ’lectrocute that man of mine”

Run and get me a taxi to take me away from here
Run and get me a taxi to take me away from here
I didn’t have but one friend in the world, fixin’ to be murdered in a ’lectric chair

I’ve seen wrecks on the ocean, I’ve seen wrecks on the deep blue sea
I’ve seen wrecks on the ocean and wrecks on the deep blue sea
But none like that wreck in my heart when they brought my ’lectrocuted daddy to me