Pete Seeger - Walking Down d**h Row lyrics

Walkin' down d**h row I sang for three men destined for the chair Walkin' down d**h row I sang of lives and loves in other years Walkin' down d**h row I sang of hopes that used to be Through the bars into each separate cell Yes I sang to one and two and three If you'd only stuck together, you'd not be here If you could have loved each other's lives, you'd not be sitting here And if only this you could believe You still might, you might still be reprieved Walkin' down d**h row I turned a corner and found to my surprise There were women there as well And babies in their arms before my eyes Walkin' down d**h row I tried again to sing of hopes that used to be But the thought of that contraption down the hall Waiting for whole families one dozen two or three If you'd only stuck together you'd not be here If you coulda loved another's child as well, you'd not have to stay here And if only this you could believe You still might, you might still be reprieved Walkin' down d**h row I concentrated singing to the young I sang of hopes that flickered still I tried to mouth their many separate tongues Walkin' down d**h row I sang again of life and love that still could be Singin' down d**h row To each separate human cell one billion two or three If you'd only stick together you'd not be here If you could love another's child If you could love another's life, like your own, you'd not be here And if only this you could believe You still might, you might still be reprieved