I mean, when the world comes for your children, with the knives out, it's your job to stand in the way.
Joe HillWe'll have freedom, love and health/When the grand red flag is flying, In the Workers' Commonwealth.
Joe HillAll the world is made of music. We are all strings on a lyre. We resonate. We sing together.
Joe HillIt bewildered Ig, the idea that a person could not be interested in music. It was like not being interested in happiness.
Joe HillLonghaired preachers come out every night, Tryin' to tell us what's wrong and what's right. But when asked about something to eat, They will tell you in voices so sweet. You will eat (You will eat!) By and by, (By and by!) In that glorious land in the sky. (Way up high!) Work and pray, live on hay, You'll get pie in the sky when you die. (That's a lie!)
Joe Hill