From the recording DON'T WANNA GO
Note: Possibly the only blues song inspired by a Truman Capote novel…
Kid Java - Harmonica & Vocals
Joe Lee Henderson: Guitar
Philip Shimmel: Background Vocals
Joyous Perrin: Bass
Scott Hamilton: Drums
Produced by Bill Ferns
Engineered by: Gary Knox http://www.knoxstreet.com/about.html
Mixed and Mastered by: Dave Fields http://www.davefields.com/
Recorded at The Batcave, NY, NY
Mixed at Dave Fields Music, NY, NY
All songs Copyright 1990, 2016 by William J. Ferns
When I was a boy of barely sixteen,
Well, my mama s-s-said to me, "Son,
You keep treatin' people bad & mean
You'll be dead or jailed by twenty-one.
Chorus
DEMON SEED,
That's what you are, you’re a DEMON SEED
The devil's gonna take you,
‘Cause the devil’s spawn is what he made you,
DEMON SEED.
Well, the judge said "Son, you not lyin’"
When you say you've never s-s-shot a man with a gun"
Still, I'm sending you up for hard time,
‘cause you've cut up more than one."
Chorus
DEMON SEED,
That's what you are, you’re a DEMON SEED
The devil's gonna take you,
‘Cause the devil’s spawn is what he made you,
DEMON SEED.
When the warden s-s-stalks the hall,
And the chaplain says “Confess your sins”
But as they strap me down into that stall
I'll vow I'd do it all again'
Chorus
DEMON SEED,
That's what I am – I’m a DEMON SEED
Devil's gonna take me,
‘Cause the devil’s spawn is what he made me,
DEMON SEED.
Devil's gonna take me,
‘Cause the devil’s spawn is what he made me,
DEMON SEED (4x).
