Scottsboro Boys, The movie - Electric Chair lyrics

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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

[Thanks to Garrett for lyrics]