THE MILL WAS MADE OF MARBLE
(Joe Glazer)

I dreamed that I had died
And gone to my reward
A job in heaven's textile plant
On a golden boulevard

CHORUS
Where the mill was made of marble
The machines were made out gold
And nobody ever got tired
And nobody ever grew old

Now, this mill was built in the garden
No dust or lint could be found
And the air was so fresh and so fragrant
With flowers and grass (trees) all around

And the mill was made of marble
The machines were made out gold
And nobody ever got tired
And nobody ever grew old

It was quiet and peaceful in heaven
There was no clatter or boom
You could hear the most beautiful music
As you worked at the spindle and loom

And the mill was made of marble
The machines were made out gold
And nobody ever got tired
And nobody ever grew old

There was no unemployment in heaven
We worked steady all through the year
We always had food for the children
We never were haunted by fear

And the mill was made of marble
The machines were made out gold
And nobody ever got tired
And nobody ever grew old

When I awoke from this dream about heaven
I wondered if someday there'd be
A mill like that one down below here on earth
For workers like you and like me

Where the mill was made of marble
The machines were made out gold
Where nobody ever gets tired
And nobody ever grows old

Where nobody ever gets tired
And nobody ever grows old


Glazer confirms that he wrote this song, and he says that it is his favorite of the songs he wrote.

Transcribed from this Joe Glazer YouTube recording: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oYJey4saRHU

Here's another Joe Glazer recording. It uses the same chorus in all verses, with no change in the final chorus. It also has the word "trees" where I've shown it in parentheses above. Here's the recording: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gnjga3pKT5Q