《Joe Hill(Album Version)》歌词

歌曲： Joe Hill(Album Version)

所属专辑：An Introduction To Phil Ochs

歌手： Phil Ochs

时长： 07:19

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Joe Hill (Album Version) - Phil Ochs (菲尔·奥克斯)[00:00:00]

Joe Hill come over from Sweden shores[00:00:07]

Looking for some work to do[00:00:12]

And the Statue of Liberty waved him by[00:00:15]

As Joe come a sailing through Joe Hill[00:00:20]

As Joe come a sailing through[00:00:24]

Oh his clothes were coarse and his hopes were high[00:00:28]

As he headed for the promised land[00:00:32]

And it took a few weeks on the out-of-work streets[00:00:36]

Before he began to understand[00:00:41]

Before he began to understand[00:00:45]

And Joe got hired by a Bowery bar[00:00:49]

Sweeping up the saloon[00:00:53]

As his rag would sail over the barroom rail[00:00:57]

Sounded like he whistled on a tune[00:01:02]

You could almost hear him whistling on a tune[00:01:06]

And Joe rolled on from job to job[00:01:10]

From the docks to the railroad line[00:01:14]

And no matter how hungry the hand that wrote[00:01:18]

In his letters he was always doing fine[00:01:22]

In his letters he was always doing fine[00:01:26]

Oh the years went by like the sun goin' down[00:01:30]

Slowly turn the page and when Joe[00:01:35]

Looked back at the sweat upon his tracks[00:01:40]

He had nothing to show but his age[00:01:43]

He had nothing to show but his age[00:01:47]

So he headed out for the California shore[00:01:51]

There things were just as bad[00:01:56]

So he joined the industrial workers of the world[00:01:59]

'Cause the union was the only friend he had[00:02:04]

'Cause the union was the only friend he had[00:02:08]

Now the strikes were bloody and the strikes[00:02:12]

Were black as hard as they were long[00:02:15]

In the dark of night Joe would stay awake and write[00:02:20]

In the morning he would raise them with a song[00:02:24]

In the morning he would raise them with a song[00:02:28]

And he wrote his words to the tunes of the day[00:02:32]

To be passed along the union vine[00:02:36]

And the strikes were led and the songs were spread[00:02:40]

And Joe Hill was always on the line[00:02:45]

Yes Joe Hill was always on the line[00:02:49]

Now in Salt Lake City a murder was made[00:03:13]

There was hardly a clue to find[00:03:16]

Oh the proof was poor but the sheriff was sure[00:03:20]

Joe was the killer of the crime[00:03:25]

That Joe was the killer of the crime[00:03:28]

Joe raised his hands but they shot him down[00:03:32]

He had nothing but guilt to give[00:03:36]

It's a doctor I need and they left him to bleed[00:03:40]

He made it 'cause he had the will to live[00:03:44]

Yes he made it 'cause he had the will to live[00:03:48]

Then the trial was held in a building of wood[00:03:52]

And there the killer would be named[00:03:56]

And the days weighed more than the cold copper ore[00:04:00]

'Cause he feared that he was being framed[00:04:04]

'Cause he found out that he was being framed[00:04:08]

Oh strange are the ways of western law[00:04:12]

Strange are the ways of fate[00:04:16]

For the government crawled to the mine owner's call[00:04:20]

That the judge was appointed by the state[00:04:24]

Yes the judge was appointed by the state[00:04:28]

Oh Utah justice can be had but not for a union man[00:04:32]

And Joe was warned by summer early morn[00:04:40]

That there'd be one less singer in the land[00:04:44]

There'd be one less singer in the land[00:04:48]

Now William Spry was Governor Spry[00:04:52]

And a life was his to hold[00:04:56]

On the last appeal fell a governor's tear[00:05:00]

"May the Lord have mercy on your soul[00:05:04]

May the Lord have mercy on your soul"[00:05:08]

Even President Wilson held up the day[00:05:13]

But even he would fail[00:05:17]

For nobody heard the soul searching words[00:05:21]

Of the soul in the Salt Lake City jail[00:05:25]

Of the soul in the Salt Lake City jail[00:05:29]

For 36 years he lived out his days[00:05:34]

And he more than played his part[00:05:38]

For his songs that he made he was carefully paid[00:05:42]

With a rifle bullet buried in his heart[00:05:46]

With a rifle bullet buried in his heart[00:05:50]

Yes they lined Joe Hill up against the wall[00:05:54]

Blindfold over his eyes[00:05:58]

It's the life of a rebel that he chose to live[00:06:02]

It's the death of a rebel that he died[00:06:06]

It's the death of a rebel that he died[00:06:10]

Now some say Joe was guilty as charged[00:06:15]

And some say he wasn't even there[00:06:19]

And I guess nobody will ever know[00:06:23]

'Cause the court records all disappeared[00:06:27]

'Cause the court records all disappeared[00:06:31]

Say wherever you go in this fair land in every union hall[00:06:35]

In the dusty dark these words are marked[00:06:43]

In between all the cracks upon the wall[00:06:47]

In between all the cracks upon the wall[00:06:50]

It's the very last line that Joe Will wrote[00:06:54]

When he knew that his days were through[00:06:58]

Boys this is my last and final will[00:07:02]

Good luck to all of you good luck to all of you[00:07:07]