I Had A Dream, Joe Lyrics - Cave Nick

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(l,m) Nick Cave 

(p) Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds 

Blixa Bargeld: guitar; Conway Savage: piano; 

Martyn Casey: bass; Thomas Wydler: drums; 

The Bad Seeds: backing vocals; 

Mick Harvey & David Blumberg: string arrangements; 

Dennis Karmazyn: cello; Bruce Dukov, Barbara Porter: violins > 

( Henry's Dream [Mute, 1992] ) 

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I had a dream 

I had a dream 

I had a dream, Joe 

I had a dream, Joe 

You were standing in the middle of an open road 

I had a dream, Joe 

Your hands were raised up to the sky 

And your mouth was covered in foam 

I had a dream, Joe 

A shadowy Jesus flitted from tree to tree 

I had a dream, Joe 

And a society of whores stuck needles in an image of me 

I had a dream, Joe 

It was Autumn time and thickly fell the leaves 

And in that dream, Joe 

A pimp in seersucker suit sucked a toothpick 

And pointed his finger at me 

I had a dream, 

I had a dream, 

I had a dream, Joe 

I opened my eyes, Joe 

The night had been a giant, dribbling and pacing the boards 

I opened my eyes, Joe 

All your letters and cards stacked up against the door 

I opened my eyes, Joe 

The morning light came slowly tumbling through the crack 

In the window, Joe 

And I thought of you and I felt like I was lugging 

A body on my back 

I had a dream, 

I had a dream, 

I had a dream, Joe 

Where did you go, Joe? 

On that endless, senseless, demented drift 

Where did you go, Joe? 

Into the woods, into the trees, where you move and shift 

Where did you go, Joe? 

All dressed up in your ridiculous seersucker suit 

Where did you go, Joe? 

With that strew of wreckage 

Forever at the heel of your boot 

I had a dream 

I had a dream 

I had a dream, Joe 

I had a dream 

I had a dream 

I had a dream, Joe 

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