Phil Ochs piosenki

Now I don't know how Sonny Liston died Maybe he killed himself, maybe he even tried Or maybe the boys weren't satisfied I don't know, I'm sorry I just don't know Sonny, Sonny Sonny, why'd you have to take a dive If you don't then you won't stay alive... 

See the man with the glasses, his name is Roger he went to see the president, say "hello" and rush out "I got to tell you we need a small price rise" But honest John just looked at him with ice cold steely eyes U.S. Steel won't be stealing anymore JFK come t...

Hear the sledges with the bells Silver bells What a world of merriment Their melody foretells How they tinkle, tinkle, tinkle In the icy air of night All the heavens seem to twinkle With a crystalline delight Keeping time, time, time With a sort of...

Christian cannons have fired at my days With the warning beneath the holy blaze And bow to our authority Say the cannons of Christianity Oh the children will be sent to schools Minds of clay are molded to their rules Learn to fear all of eternity Warn the can...

There's nothing as cold as the freeze in your soul at the moment when you are arrested. There's nothing as real as the iron and steel on the handcuffs when you protested. You race through the night in the prison of fright as you head for the quicksand of quest...

Lost in the valley of vaults/dolls/Oz Fell from the path, it was nobody's fault That I was alone. Time dripped from the trees Left through the nail (I leapt through alamp/land/lap/laugh) I fell to my knees before the throne And the crown was covered jew...

Picasso leans out of the window, looks out on the ghetto Changing the shapes he sees. His old friend El Greco, soon is expected, Now just an echo of Spanish seas. And outside, the people stare; Wondering what's going on in there! Tossing the dice; they pay the...

London Bridge is falling down, And the people want their crown. They are not fooling a-round. Gimme my crown, gimme my crown, gimme my crown. So I'll say these words to you, Though you won't believe a word I say... Gonna say the words anyway. Poems are pretty...

The wind was a torrent of darkness Among the gusty trees The moon was a ghostly galleon Tossed upon cloudy seas And the road was a ribbon of moonlight Over the purple moor And the highwayman came riding, riding, riding Yes, the highwayman came riding...

And the crabs are crazy, they scuttle back and forth, The sand is burning And the fish take flight and scatter from the sight, their courses turning As the seagulls rest on the cold cannon nest the sea is churning. The marines have landed on the shores of San...

Let's drink a toast to the admiral, And here's to the captain bold, And glory more for the commodore, When the deeds of might are told. They stand to the deck with the battle's wreck, When the great shells roar and pound, And never they fear when the foe is n...

The fire-breathing rebels arrive at the party early Their khaki coats are hung in the closet near the fur Asking handouts from the ladies, while they criticize the Lords Boasting of the murder of the very hands that pour And the victims learn to giggle, for at...

I've seen rivers red with blood, I've seen valleys filled with mud; I've seen stormy seas that pound upon the shore. I've seen mountains strewn with bones, I've seen people without homes, And it's all with the passing of my life. I've seen highways headi...

And the flag draped coffins are a sailin' home And the waves are watching as the engine drones As the ship draws near, hear the bugle moan The sad and silent song of a soldier With a hero's greeting we will welcome him, With hero's speeches we will honor him...

Sailors climb the tree, up the terrible tree Where are my shipmates have they sunk beneath the sea? I do not know much, but I know this cannot be It isn't really, it isn't really, Tell me it isn't really. Sounding bell is diving down the water green Not a tra...

In Portsmouth town on the eastern shore Where many a fine ship was born. The Thresher was built And the Thresher was launched And the crew of the Thresher was sworn. She was shaped like a tear She was built like a shark She was made to run fast and fre...

You've seen the artist at work; now you can watch him at his leisure No, there must be some mistake, I've only come here to deliver the carnival No, there's no mistake. You and the other deserters are only out for personal pleasure farewell you fiend, he gaspe...

Outside the cats are scratching Inside the doors are latching On the room, the greedy gloom The trial is revealed Police are six feet deep With switchblades in their teeth So no one leaves and they all believe This is absolutely real Yes, it's real And the Ser...

Silent soldiers on a silver screen Framed in fantasies and dragged in dream Unpaid actors of the mystery The mad director knows that freedom will not make you free And what's this got to do with me I declare the war is over It's over, it's over Drums...

Don't you think it's time that we were leaving? For another chance, another place to start Desperate ones that went across the ocean And they wondered how it would all turn out. If you have to beg or steal or borrow Welcome to Los Angeles, City of Tomorrow The...