Phil Ochs piosenki

Many's the hour I've lain by my window and thought of the people who carried the burden Who marched in the strange fields in search of an answer And ended their journeys an unwilling hero So here's a song to those who are gone with never a reason why And...

We are the nation's physicians Yes, we give to our lobbies every day We will fight against disease when the money comes with ease And when we get together we say Hooray for A.M.A. And for us doctors gluts of higher pay If you can't afford my bill don't...

You gotta admit Life magazine made 1968 look great, My father said it sucked, everybody died. All the troops you couldn't save, no one knew how to be brave, He said sometimes you were afraid to turn your radio on. It was enough to make you quit that peacen...

There's a man walking round the island with a snake cane He picked it up in Thailand from a hurricane And you know he's not gonna go there He's been one time too long Now all the gods are gone (Though the game is gone) The younger boys are drowning in a s...

Oh, a rifle took its aim and a man fell to the ground. He tried to stand again but everybody held him down: A time of terror when the bullet pierced the air -- I know that couldn't happen here. Oh, it must have been another country -- Yes, it must have be...

Oh, a rifle took its aim and a man fell to the ground. He tried to stand again but everybody held him down: A time of terror when the bullet pierced the air -- I know that couldn't happen here. Oh, it must have been another country -- Yes, it must have be...

Oh I laid down your railroads, every mile of track. With the muscles on my arm and the sweat upon my back. And now the trains are rolling, they roll to every shore You tell me that my job is through, there ain't no work no more. Though I laid down your...

Every morning at the dawn dust is in the air. Karen rises early, runs brushes through her hair. Then she buys the paper, I lay on my back, Then she feeds the monkey, then she feeds the cat. Chorus: I'll talk, I'll talk they live by the sea Surrounded by...

This is the ballad of Alferd Packer An infamous guy to the old west In the state of Colorado in the year of seventy-four They crossed the San Juan Mountains growing hungry to the core Their guide was Alferd Packer, they trusted him too long For his chara...

In the state of mississippi many years ago Am em A boy of 14 years got a taste of southern law Em g d He saw his friend a hanging and his color was his crime Am em And the blood upon his jacket left a brand upon his mind Am d g Chorus: too many martyr...

I'll sing you a song about a southern town where the devil had his rule When marshalls faced an angry mob to send one man to school His name was Jimmy Meredith the tide he helped to turn For he chose to stay on that terrible day The land was soon to learn...

Jesus was a working man And a hero you will hear Born in the town of Bethlehem At the turning of the year At the turning of the year When Jesus was a little lad Streets rang with his name For he argued with the older men And put them all to shame He put them...

A thousand went to take the island Chances strong as broken twigs And a thousand stayed there at the island Met their fate fate at the Bay of Pigs They were told when they arrived They'd be helped by Castro's men But they found out, those who survived...

Well, it's of a bold reporter whose story I will tell He went down to the Cuban land, the nearest place to hell He'd been there many times before, but now the law does say The only way to Cuba is with the CIA William Worthy isn't worthy to enter our door...

Went to a party the other night, everybody was there Thought that I would have some fun as I started up the stair. Somebody tried to ruin it when he won a raffle prize, Tried to shake and shock us right before our eyes. While we danced, while we were danci...

He walked all over his own growin' land From the New York island to the California sand He saw all the people that needed to be seen Planted all the grass where it needed to be green And now he's bound for a glory all his own And now he is bound for...

Creek was running by the road And the Buckeye sun was a-shinin' I rode my bike down Alum Creek Drive When I was a boy in Ohio The English teacher he didn't care He challenged us to checkers And once in a while we'd swap a joke When I was a boy in Ohio...

Wade into the river, through the rippling shallow watter Steal across the thirsty border, bracero Come bring your hungry bodies to the golden fields of plenty From a peso to a penny, bracero Oh, Welcome to California Where the friendly farmer will take c...

The peons of Mexico long have known suffering and pain. Zapata and Villa have died there, fighting in vain. Rube'n Jaramillo kept up the tradition, he fought for the land once again. He lived for the land, and there on the land he was slain. A forty-five...

When the wind from the island is rollin' through the trees When a kiss from a prison cell is carried in the breeze That's when I wonder how sad a man can be. Oh, when will Celia come to me? I still remember the mountains of the war Sierra Madre and th...