Death in Sydenham

The magnolias were wilting
The devil was not at the crossroads
Or even in the room
Tumble weed blew across the road
Somewhere in the desert it snowed
The night that Adam killed the blues

The angels were weeping, so were were the screws
Muddy Waters looked down at his shoes
Clarence ‘Gatemouth’ Brown was sick
John Lee Hooker dropped his pick
Memphis Minnie phoned her nan
The night that Adam killed the blues

Blind Lemon Jefferson was embarrassed
Big Bill Broonzy was unimpressed
Lightnin’ Slim and Pee Wee Hughes
Were devastated by the news
Robert Johnson was quite distressed
The night that Adam killed the blues

Duane Allman said to Stevie Ray:
‘He can’t sing he can’t play!’
Eric Clapton on holiday
Made a call to Robert Cray
‘I can’t believe he’s done it man!’
The night that Adam killed the blues

Peter Green showed sympathy
But tears were shed in Sydenham
Sonny Terry and Brownie McGhee
Drove off in a campervan
Albert Lee was not amused
The night that Adam killed the blues
 

The three kings: Freddy, Albert and BB
asked each other: ‘how could he?’
Word spread quickly across the south
From Purley Way to Beckenham
Howling Wolf actually howled
The night that Adam killed the blues