The Scottsboro Boys Cast - 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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