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"Ich steh mit einem Fuß im Grabe"


(I am standing with one foot in the grave),

Sunday, December 20, 2015

Terraplane Blues by ROBERT JOHNSON (1936)



Terraplane Blues [Remastered] ROBERT JOHNSON (1936)  Delta Blues Guitar Legend
LINK: https://youtu.be/It-tJ8DOjIk

"Terraplane Blues" is a blues song recorded in 1936 in San Antonio, Texas, by bluesman Robert Johnson. "Terraplane Blues" was Johnson's first single and it became a moderate regional hit, selling 5,000 copies.
Johnson used the car model Terraplane as a metaphor for sex. In the lyrical narrative, the car will not start and Johnson suspects that his girlfriend let another man drive it when he was gone. In describing the various mechanical problems with his Terraplane, Johnson creates a setting of thinly veiled sexual innuendo. The guitar parts in "Terraplane Blues" are similar to those in Johnson's "Stones in my Passway".

 Link:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terraplane_Blues




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Terraplane Blues


And I feel so lonesome, you hear me when I moan

And I feel so lonesome, you hear me when I moan

Who been drivin' my Terraplane for you since I been gone?
I'd said I flash your lights, mama, you horn won't even blow

Somebody's been runnin' my batteries down on this machine

I even flash my lights, mama, this horn won't even blow

Got a short in this connection, hoo well, babe, it's way down below
I'm goin' heist your hood, mama, I'm bound to check your oil

I'm goin' heist your hood, mama, mmm, I'm bound to check your oil

I got a woman that I'm lovin', way down in Arkansas
Now, you know the coils ain't even buzzin', little generator won't get the spark

Motor's in a bad condition, you gotta have these batteries charged

But I'm cryin', please, please don't do me wrong

Who been drivin' my Terraplane now for you since I been gone?
Mr. highway man, please don't block the road

Please, please don't block the road

'Cause she's reachin' a cold one hundred and I'm booked and I got to go
Mmm-mmm-mmm-mmm-mmm

You, you hear me weep and moan

Who been drivin' my Terraplane now for you since I been gone?
I'm gon' get down in this connection, keep on tanglin' with your wires

I'm gon' get down in this connection, oh well, keep on tanglin' with these wires

And when I mash down on your little starter, then your sparkplug will give me fire

Songwriters

ROBERT JOHNSON
 


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