Phil Ochs piosenki

If I knew why the sun did shine And If I knew the taste of ancient wine If I knew all these wonders, there's one thing more I'd know I'd know the way we all should go If I knew the deepest ocean floor And If I knew the waves upon the shore If I knew...

In the heat of the summer When the pavements were burning The soul of a city was ravaged in the night After the city sun was sinkin' Why the windows were shattered But deep in the dark, someone set the spark And then it no longer mattered All the te...

Have you seen the iron lady's charms Legs of steel, leather on her arms Taking on a man to die A life for a life, an eye for an eye And death's the iron lady in the chair Stop the murder, deter the crimes away Only killing shows that killing doesn't pay...

Is there anybody here who'd like to change his clothes into a uniform? Is there anybody here who thinks they're only serving on a raging storm? Is there anybody here with glory in their eyes Loyal to the end, whose duty is to die? I wanna see him, I wanna...

It's been a long, long, long, long story 'bout the fight to make men free, It's been a long, long, long, long story about as long as a story ought to be So hold your hats boys, hold the fort I'm here to make a long story short so it's time to sail in to...

It was on an Indiana farm in the middle of the country Growin' in the fields of grain, Jim Dean of Indiana His mother died when he was a boy, his father was a stranger Marcus Winslow took him in, nobody seemed to want him The hired man sang like a storm, s...

Joe Hill come over from Sweden shores Looking for some work to do And the Statue of Liberty waved him by As Joe come a sailing through, Joe Hill As Joe come a sailing through. Oh his clothes were coarse and his hopes were high As he headed for the promis...

I woke up this morning and my head was sore From too many good times from the night before So I got out of bed and stumbled on the floor And I had to say just one of those days, just one of those years, just one of those lifetimes And the rain was fall...

She comes from Kansas City, in the middle of the land She was the queen of the game But love never came with a man, with a man Now all they know is her name She's the kansas city bomber, let her roll, let her roll Let her fly through the fury of the race The c...

Now I'd like to lay here in the night Now I'd like to linger in the light Wishing not to move I have nothing left to prove But did I hear you asking was it wrong or right chorus Oh, If you feel a little strange Please have the memory and keep the change Now...

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...

Come you ranks of labor, come you union core, And see if you remember the struggles of before, When you were standing helpless on the outside of the door And you started building links on the Chain. On the Chain, you started building links on the Chain....

On the streets of New York city when the hour was getting There were young men armed with knives and guns, young men armed with hateAnd Lou Marsh stepped between them and died there in his tracks For one man is no army when the city turns its back Now the...

And love is a rainbow curving down from the sky Falling crystals of colour, shades of warm that never die Red melodies burning still lead me to the night And sing about the sights that they are sighing Silver shadows returning, dazzle with desire now free...

I cried when they shot Medgar Evers Tears ran down my spine I cried when they shot Mr. Kennedy As though I'd lost a father of mine But Malcolm X got what was coming He got what he asked for this time So love me, love me, love me, I'm a liberal I go to...

The policemen of the city wear a uniform of blue walkin' within the city's border protecting all the people that's what they're paid to do, maintaining law and order. You see them walkin' down the street swingin' around the club pistols hangin' loosely...

Do you have a problem, Would you like someone to solve them, Would you like someone to share in your misery? Now, I don't know the answer, but I know a flamenco dancer Who will dance for you if you will dance for me [Chorus:] Her name's Miranda She's a...

Mona Lisa, Mona Lisa men have named you You're so like the lady with the mystic smile Is it only cause you're lonely they have blamed you For that Mona Lisa strangeness in your smile Do you smile to tempt a lover Mona Lisa? Or is this your way to hide a b...

The Klan rode through old Monroe Town They rode there many a year One black day they rode too far The cry of freedom was near Monroe Town is a dying town It's a human scar with their feathers and their tar With guns in their in their hands they rose to...

Drinks are done, daylight's come It's morning Crowd's moved on, everybody's gone It's morning Sun's arising on the wet horizon Another day is here As I dream alone by the silent phone It's morning Lonesome morning reverie All the life's gone out...