Album: How To Become Clairvoyant (2011)
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  • They say the axman's coming
    In a long black car
    They said the axman's coming
    He plays a mean guitar

    Well he slipped across the border
    With a hatchet in his hand
    They said who's that stranger
    The one they call the axman

    You got Duane and Stevie Ray
    All brothers of the blade
    Jimi James and RJ
    All brothers of the blade

    Now when he goes from town to town
    He picks 'em up and lays 'em down
    And people coming from miles around
    Just to dig that crazy sound

    I heard a guitar wail
    Until the break of dawn
    You know the axman was here
    Oh, but now he's gone

    You got T Bone and Link Wray
    All brothers of the blade
    Then there's Django and Elmore James
    All brothers of the blade

    Now when he goes from town to town
    He picks 'em up and lays 'em down
    People coming from miles around
    Just to dig that crazy sound

    Play so low, so sweet
    Bring a tear to your eye
    Chills run down to your feet
    Make a grown man cry

    One-eyed jacks, King with the axe
    Like Albert or Freddy
    One-eyed jacks, King with the axe
    And of course BB was born ready

    Now when he goes from town to town
    He picks 'em up and lays 'em down
    People coming from miles around
    Just to dig that crazy sound Writer/s: Robbie Robertson
    Publisher: Universal Music Publishing Group
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