Robert Johnson Crossroads Blues

Robert Johnson Crossroads Blues from our ‘Les Paul’s’ (The Paul’s) album Scared of America – Volume Three tells the story of the legend of Robert Johnson and also about the letter that Robert Johnson’s grandson wrote to me that you can read HERE.

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Robert Johnson Crossroads Blues
Robert Johnson’s grandson, he sent me a note
A letter to me he did wrote
Robert Johnson’s grandson, he sent me a note
A letter to me he did wrote
Said he’d read my words he’d heard our song
Said but what we had sung was wrong

Said Robert never lied, never stole
Said he never ever sold his soul
Said Robert never lied, never stole
Said he never ever sold his soul
Coz it was never his to sell
It belonged in heaven not in hell

Crossroads Blues, Crossroads Blues
In the still of the night, Crossroads Blues
Crossroads Blues, Crossroads Blues, Crossroads Blues

Sitting on a gravestone
In the still of the night
Played your guitar alone
Till the chords and voice were right
They say you went to the crossroads
After midnight tolls
Did a deal with the devil
To him you sold your soul

At the crossroads of Highways 49 & 61
Is where they say that the deal was done
At the crossroads of Highways 49 & 61
Is where they say that the deal was done
Up jumped the devil as dark as night
And made you an offer you thought was right

Crossroads Blues, oh Crossroads Blues
Can you hear the wind howl
Through these Crossroads Blues
Crossroads Blues, oh Crossroads Blues
Hear the hound dogs howl
Through these Crossroads Blues

Said Robert was a God fearing man
He served the Lord as best he can
Said Robert was a God fearing man
He served the Lord as best he can
Preaching love to the women in town
When their husbands weren’t around

He had an eye for the ladies
Whether wed or not
Some say he died of syphilis
Some say he got shot
Maybe he was poisoned out of revenge
No-one guessed in death he’d be a legend

Crossroads Blues, oh Crossroads Blues
Can you hear the wind howl
Through these Crossroads Blues

Lyrics by Paul Robert Thomas

Music composed and performed by Paul Odiase

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