Phil Ochs piosenki

Show me a prison, show me a jail Show me a prisoner, man, whose face is growin' pale And I'll show you a young man with many reasons why And there but for fortune, may go you or I Show me an alley, show me a train Show me a hobo who sleeps out in the rain And...

Oh, a thousand marching armies and a million marching men have won the wide world over and lost it back again, But now the word has gone to ev'ry fallen land, that this old world is changing hands. From the master to the servant, from the owner to the slave Co...

Time was when a man could live alone A man could build a home, have a family of his own The peaceful years would flow, he could watch his children grow But it was a long time ago. Time was when troubles were few When there weren't so many people to tell you w...

In the state of Mississippi many years ago A boy of 14 years got a taste of southern law He saw his friend a hanging and his color was his crime And the blood upon his jacket left a brand upon his mind CHORUS: Too many martyrs and too many dead Too many...

And the fruit boats ride on the waves, And the crew will dream of returning Back to the Florida waters, For the work of unloading onto the trains. And the ships will dance by the shore, With fruit from Venezuela, Brazil and Costa Rica, But the Fruit from the...

U.S. soldiers are a-dying over there, over there as the status quo remains over there U.S. soldiers are a-dying while their mothers sit home crying it's a crime how they're dying over there. Viet Nam, oh Viet Nam, oh why must we die in Viet Nam Well, I don't r...

Over the ashes of blood marched the civilized soldiers, Over the ruins of the french fortress of a failure Over the silent screams of the dead and the dying Saying please be reassured, we seek no wider war. The treaties were signed, the country was split into...

Oh you tell me that theres danger to the land you call your own And you watch them build the war machine right beside your home And you tell me that youre ready to go marchin to the war I know youre set for fighting, but what are you fighting for? Befo...

What's that I hear now ringing in my ear I've heard that sound before What's that I hear now ringing in my ear I hear it more and more It's the sound of freedom calling Ringing up to the sky It's the sound of the old ways falling You can hear it if you try You...

When first unto this country a stanger I came, I fought the Revolution, peace and quiet was my aim. When the Indians attacked us, at least that's what I'm told, So we threw them off their land with no thought of greed or gold. Then our ships were being boarde...

There's no place in this world where I'll belong when I'm gone And I won't know the right from the wrong when I'm gone And you won't find me singin' on this song when I'm gone So I guess I'll have to do it while I'm here And I won't feel the flowing of the ti...

In the fire blue forests, faded and forgotten I crawled through the cotton fields, picking for cotton The overseer sneered, his whipping was rotten With ecstasy. I'm child-like terror I tore out the tap roots Cards of the lash were calling to follow suit I da...

Religon! In the town of Bethlehem many years ago a man got religion and he changed the staus quo He went around the countryside preaching brotherhood and anyone who heard him, they knew and understood Where there's a will there's a way That's what I always say...

Oh, where were you in Chicago? You know I didn't see you there I didn't see them crack your head or breathe the tear gas air Oh, where were you in Chicago? When the fight was being fought Oh, where were you in Chicago? 'Cause I was in Detroit. "That's about t...

The pilots playing poker in the cockpit of the plane The casualties arriving like the dropping of the rain And a mountain of machinery will fall before a man When you're white boots marching in a yellow land It's written in the ashes of the village towns we b...

As I went out one evening to take the evening air I was blessed by a blood-red moon In Lincoln Park the dark was turning I spied a fair young maiden and a flame was in her eyes And on her face lay the steel blue skies Of Lincoln Park, the dark was turning, tu...

Walkin' down an Alabama road Rememberin' what the Bible told Walkin' with a letter in his hand Dreaming of another southern land Walkin' down an Alabama road And he went by the name of William Moore Now what are you doing William Moore Why the letter in your...

When the toubles of the world rest upon your weary shoulder When the wind that blows upon your face is blowing colder And every hour tells you you're getting older No you can't get stoned enough Chorus: And you're high high high high That's all you want to do...

Pardon me, all you people who enjoy your peace of mind you say everybody's equal Everybody is doing fine. You should've been down in Mississippi in the summer of sixty-four if you were down in Mississippi you wouldn't say that anymore. Pardon me, Mr.Backlash,...

I'm a leavin' on the morning railroad in the drizzlin' darkness of the rain and I hear with every wheel a turning secrets sounding of your name. And your eyes will taste of the flowers your lips of the morning dew and your hair will taste of the meadow and al...