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Verse 1
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Joe Hill came
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over from Sweden's shore
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Looking for some work to do
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And the Statue of Liberty waved him by
As Joe came a -sailin' through
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As Joe came a -sailin' through
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Oh, his clothes were coarse
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and his folks were high
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As he headed for the promised land
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And he took a few weeks
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on the out -of -work streets
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Before he began to understand
Before he began to understand
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Then he got hired by Bowery Bar
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Sweepin' up in her saloon
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As his rag would sail on the barroom rail
It sounded like he whistled on a tune
You could almost hear him
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whistling on a tune
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And Joe rode on from job to job,
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the docks to the railroad lines
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And no matter how hungry he had to go,
it is as if he was always doing fine
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It is as if he was always doing fine
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And the years went by like
sun going down,
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slowly turned the page
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And when Joe looked back at
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the sweat upon his tracks,
he had nothing to show but his age,
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he had nothing to show but his age
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So he headed out to the California shore,
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but there things were just as bad
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So he joined the industrial workers
of the world,
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cause the Union was the
only friend he had
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Oh, the union was the only friend he had
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And the strikes were bloody
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and the strikes were black
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As hard as they were long
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In the dark of night,
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Joe'd stay awake and write
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In the morning he would
wake them with his song
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In the morning he would wake
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them with his song
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And he wrote his words
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to the tunes of the day
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To be passed along the Union line
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And the stripes were lit
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and songs were spread
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And Joe Hill was always on the line
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And Joe Hill was always on the line
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Ain't Salt Lake City a murder was made,
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there was hardly a clue to be found
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Yeah, the proof was poor,
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but the sheriff was sure
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That Joe was the killer of the crime
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That Joe was the killer of the crime
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Joe raised his hands,
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but they shot him down
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He had nothing but guilt to give
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It's a doctor I need,
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but they left him to bleed
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And he made it cause he had the will to live
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He made it cause he had will to live
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And the trial was set
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in a building of wood
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And there a killer would be named
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And the days weighed more
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than the cold copper ore
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Cause he feared that he
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was being framed
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Cause he feared that he
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was being framed
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Now strange are the ways
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of the Western law
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And strange are the ways I've faded
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For the government crawled
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to my owner's call
And the judge was appointed by the state
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The judge was appointed by the state
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Now Utah justice can be had
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But not for a union man
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And the jewel was worn by
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some early morn
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There'd be one less singer
in the band
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There'd be one less singer in the band
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Oh, William Spry was Governor Spry
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And her life was his to hold
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On the last appeal bail
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Governor's deal
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May the Lord have mercy on your soul,
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May the Lord have mercy on your soul
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Now President Wilson held up the date
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But even he would fail
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For nobody heard the soul -searching words
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Of the man in the Salt Lake City Jail
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Of the man in the Salt Lake City Jail
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Now for thirty -six years
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he lived out his days
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And he more than played his part
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For the songs that he made,
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he was carefully paid
By a rifle bullet buried in his heart
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By a rifle bullet buried in his heart
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Yes, they lined Joe Hill up against the wall
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A blindfold of his eyes
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It's the life of a rebel that I chose to live
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It's the life of a rebel that I died
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It's the life of a rebel when I die
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His time in the cell, he wrote to his friends
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And his wishes, they were vain
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My buddy can't be found in this battle,
Utah clown
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So they laid him on a
fast departing train
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Yeah, they laid him on a
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fast departing train
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And the rebel rode to Chicago town
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There were 30 ,000 people to mourn
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And just about the time that Joel and I
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A legend was just being born
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And a legend was just being born
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Now wherever you go in this fair land
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In every union hall
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In the dusty dark these words are marked
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In between all the cracks on the wall
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In between all the cracks on the wall
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It's the very last lines that Joe give
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When he knew his days were through
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He said, this is my last and final wish
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Good luck to all of you
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Good luck to all of you
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If you want me, I'm here for you
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If you want me, I'm here for you
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