Joe Hill lyrics

JOE HILL
Joan Baez

I dreamed I saw Joe Hill last night alive as you and me.
Said I, `But Joe, you`re ten years dead`,
`I never died`, said he.
`I never died`, said he.

`In Salt Lake, Joe`, I said to him standing by my bed,
`they framed you on a murder charge.`
Says Joe: `But I ain`t dead!` (2x)

`The Cooper Bosses shot you, Joe, they killed you, Joe`, says I.
`Takes more than guns to kill a man`, says Joe, `I didn`t die!`

And standing there as big as life and smiling with his eyes,
Joe says: `What they could never kill went on to organize.`

`Joe Hill ain`t dead`, he says to me, `Joe Hill ain`t never died,
when workers strike and organize Joe Hill is by their side.`

From San Diego up to Maine in every mine and mill,
where workers stand up for their rights,
it`s there you`ll find Joe Hill.

I dreamed I saw Joe Hill last night alive as you and me.
Said I, `But Joe, you`re ten years dead`,`I never died`, said he.

(Heyes/Robinson)
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