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Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds – Blind Lemon Jefferson (1985) | Track profile | Dork

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Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds

Blind Lemon Jefferson

Release date: 3rd June 1985

From The Firstborn Is Dead

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"Blind Lemon Jefferson" is a track by Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds, from the album The Firstborn Is Dead, released 3rd June 1985. Full lyrics are available below. Dork has published 3 articles about Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds.

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Lyrics

Blind Lemon Jefferson

[Verse 1]

Blind Lemon Jefferson is a-coming

Tap tap tappin' with his cane

Blind Lemon Jefferson is a-coming

Tap tap tappin' with his cane

His last ditch lies down the road of trials

Down the road of trials

Half filled with rain

[Verse 2]

O Sycamore, Sycamore!

Stretch your arms across the storm

Down fly two greasy brother-crows

They hop'n'bop They hop'n'bop They hop'n'bop

Like the tax-man come to call

They go knock knock! Knock knock!

Hop'n'bop hop'n'bop

They slap a death-writ on his door

[Verse 3]

Here come the Judgement train

Git on board!

And turn that big black engine home

O let's roll!

Let's roll!

Down the tunnel

The terrible tunnel of his world

Waiting at his final station

Like a bigger blacker third bird

O let's roll!

Let's roll!

[Verse 4]

O his road is dark and lonely

He don't drive no Cadillac

O his road is dark and holy

He don't drive no Cadillac

If that sky serves as his eyes

Then that moon is a cataract

Let's roll!

Yeah let's roll!

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From The Firstborn Is Dead

1985

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The Firstborn Is Dead

Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds

Release year

1985

—Wanted Man
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—Say Goodbye to the Little Girl Tree
—Blind Lemon Jefferson
—Black Crow King
—Train Long-Suffering

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Credits

Production & Engineering

Writer: Barry Adamson, Blixa Bargeld, Mick Harvey, Nick Cave
Producer: Flood