Listen to I Had a Dream, Joe (2010 Remaster) by Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds

I Had a Dream, Joe (2010 Remaster)

Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds

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Credits

PERFORMING ARTISTS

Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds

Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds

Performer

Blixa Bargeld

Guitar

Mick Harvey

Guitar

Martyn P. Casey

Martyn P. Casey

Bass

Thomas Wydler

Drums

Conway Savage

Piano

Dennis Karmazyn

Dennis Karmazyn

Cello

Nick Cave

Vocals

Barbara Porter

Violin

Bruce Dukov

Violin

COMPOSITION & LYRICS

Nick Cave

Composer

Mick Harvey

String Arranger

David Blumberg

String Arranger

PRODUCTION & ENGINEERING

Mick Harvey

Mixing Engineer

Nick Cave

Mixing Engineer

Chuck Johnson

Engineer

Simon Heyworth

Mastering Engineer

Tony Cohen

Mixing Engineer

David Briggs

Producer

Lyrics

I had a dream (I had a dream)

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, he flitted from tree to tree

I had a dream, Joe

The 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 (I had a dream)

I had a dream, Joe

I opened my eyes, Joe

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

I opened my eyes, Joe

All your letters and cards all 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, man

And I felt like I was lugging a body on my back

I had a dream (I had a dream)

I had a dream (I had a dream)

I had a dream, Joe

Where did you go, Joe?

On that endless, on that senseless, on that demented drift

Where did you go, Joe?

It was into the woods, it was 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 (I had a dream)

I had a dream, Joe

I had a dream (I had a dream)

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

Written by: Nick Cave

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