I Had a Dream, Joe

Nick Cave and the bad seeds

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 seers*cker suit s*cked 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 seers*cker 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