Joe Hill come over from Sweden for some work to do And the Statue of waved him by As Joe come a through, Joe Hill As Joe come a through
Oh his clothes were and his hopes were high As he for the promised land And it a few weeks on the out-of-work streets he began to understand Before he to understand
And Joe got hired by a bar up the saloon As his rag sail over the barroom rail Sounded like he on a tune You almost hear him whistling on a tune
And Joe on from job to job From the docks to the railroad And no matter how the hand that wrote In his letters he was always fine In his letters he was always doing
Oh, the years went by the sun goin' down turn the page and when Joe Looked back at the sweat his tracks He had nothing to but his age He had nothing to but his age
So he headed out for the shore There things were as bad So he joined the industrial of the world 'Cause the union was the friend he had 'Cause the union was the only he had
Now, the strikes were bloody and the Were black as hard as they long In the of night Joe would stay awake and write In the morning he would raise them a song In the morning he raise them with a song
And he wrote his words to the of the day To be along the union vine And the strikes led and the songs were spread And Joe was always on the line Yes, Joe Hill was on the line
Now, in Salt Lake a murder was made There was hardly a to find Oh, the proof was but the sheriff was sure Joe was the killer of the That Joe was the killer of the
Joe his hands but they shot him down He had nothing but to give It's a doctor I need and they him to bleed He made it 'cause he had the will to Yes, he made it 'cause he had the will to
Then the was held in a building of wood And there the killer would be And the days weighed more than the cold ore he feared that he was being framed 'Cause he found out he was being framed
Oh, strange are the ways of law Strange are the ways of For the crawled to the mine owner's call That the judge was by the state Yes, the judge was appointed by the
Oh, Utah can be had but not for a union man And Joe was by summer early morn That there'd be one less singer in the There'd be one less singer in the
Now, William Spry was Spry And a life was his to On the last appeal, fell a tear "May the have mercy on your soul May the Lord have mercy on soul"
Even President Wilson up the day But even he would For heard the soul searching words Of the soul in the Salt Lake City Of the soul in the Lake City jail
For 36 he lived out his days And he more than played his For his songs that he made, he was paid With a rifle bullet buried in his With a rifle bullet in his heart
Yes, they Joe Hill up against the wall Blindfold his eyes It's the life of a rebel that he to live It's the of a rebel that he died the death of a rebel that he died
Now, say Joe was guilty as charged And some say he even there And I guess nobody ever know the court records all disappeared 'Cause the court records all
Say wherever you go in this fair land in union hall In the dark these words are marked In between all the upon the wall In between all the cracks the wall
It's the very last line Joe Hill wrote When he knew that his were through "Boys, this is my last and final Good to all of you, good luck to all of you"