Joe Hill come over Sweden shores Looking for work to do And the of Liberty waved him by As Joe come a sailing through, Joe As Joe come a through
Oh his clothes were and his hopes were high As he for the promised land And it took a few weeks on the out-of-work he began to understand Before he to understand
And Joe got by a Bowery bar up the saloon As his rag sail over the barroom rail Sounded he whistled on a tune You could almost hear him on a tune
And Joe rolled on job to job From the docks to the line And no how hungry the hand that wrote In his letters he was always doing In his letters he was doing fine
Oh, the years by like the sun goin' down Slowly the page and when Joe Looked back at the upon 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 just as bad So he joined the workers of the world the union was the only friend he had 'Cause the was the only friend he had
Now, the strikes were bloody and the Were as hard as they were long In the dark of night Joe stay awake and write In the morning he raise them with a song In the morning he would them with a song
And he wrote his words to the of the day To be passed along the union And the strikes led and the songs were spread And Joe Hill was always on the Yes, Joe Hill was on the line
Now, in Salt Lake City a was made There was a clue to find Oh, the proof was poor but the was sure Joe was the killer of the That Joe was the of the crime
Joe raised his hands but they him down He had nothing but guilt to It's a I need and they left him to bleed He made it 'cause he had the to live Yes, he it 'cause he had the will to live
Then the trial was in a building of wood And there the would be named And the days weighed more than the copper ore he feared that he was being framed 'Cause he found out he was being framed
Oh, strange are the ways of law are the ways of fate For the crawled to the mine owner's call That the judge was by the state Yes, the judge was appointed by the
Oh, justice can be had but not for a union man And Joe was warned by early morn That there'd be one singer in the land be one less singer in the land
Now, William was Governor Spry And a life was his to On the last appeal, fell a tear "May the Lord have on your soul May the Lord have mercy on soul"
Even President Wilson up the day But he would fail For nobody heard the soul words Of the soul in the Salt City jail Of the soul in the Lake City jail
For 36 he lived out his days And he more than played his For his that he made, he was carefully paid With a rifle buried in his heart With a bullet buried in his heart
Yes, they Joe Hill up against the wall over his eyes It's the life of a rebel that he to live It's the death of a rebel that he It's the death of a rebel he died
Now, some say Joe was as charged And some say he wasn't even And I guess will ever know 'Cause the court all disappeared the court records all disappeared
Say wherever you go in this fair land in union hall In the dusty dark these words are In between all the cracks the wall In between all the upon the wall
It's the very last line that Joe wrote When he knew that his days through "Boys, this is my last and final luck to all of you, good luck to all of you"