Pete Seeger - Walking Down Death Row lyrics

Walkin' down death row
I sang for three men destined for the chair
Walkin' down death row
I sang of lives and loves in other years
Walkin' down death 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 death 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 death 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 death row
I concentrated singing to the young
I sang of hopes that flickered still
I tried to mouth their many separate tongues
Walkin' down death row
I sang again of life and
Love that still could be
Singin' down death 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