Phil Ochs

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...

Sit by my side, come as close as the air, Share in a memory of gray; Wander in my words, dream about the pictures That I play of changes. Green leaves of summer turn red in the fall To brown and to yellow they fade. And then they have to die, trapped wi...

God bless the men who've learned to put their lives upon the line, and God bless the men who've learned to sip the sacrifical wine God bless the men who'll murder in th service of the Lord; Blessings from the Chaplain of the War. Give thanks to the parent...

I found him by the stage last night He was breathing his last breath A bottle of gin and a cigarette Was all that he had left I can see you make the music 'Cause you carry a guitar But God, help the troubadour Who tries to be a star So play the chord...

Christine Keeler and Mandy Rice-Davies, You're the gals for me. Christine Keeler and Mandy Rice-Davies, I'll keep you company. You can have your Marilyn, your Carolyn, your Jacqueline. Grace Kelly never meant that much to me-- Just give me: Christine K...

I'm just a city boy Born and bred It's a city life I've led My pasture was a street I've never climbed a tree But that's all right with me 'Cause I'm a city boy I'm just a city boy Born and raised From these rooftops I have gazed Where the grass was...

The cosmetic cosmic city crawls beneath its ashtray possibilities the studios spread their poisoned beauty outside the sound stages of parody and beneath the mechanized moon he sprawled his carnivorous cartoons embracing the exquisite outrages of his on...

Just across the railroad tracks On the far side of the town All the people there are black And they live in colored town Colored town Speeding cars down the highway run They never stop to look around One place that the highway shuns And that place is...

Come, get out of the way, boys Quick, get out of the way You'd better watch what you say, boys Better watch what you say We've rammed in your harbor and tied to your port And our pistols are hungry and our tempers are short So bring your daughters aroun...

I don't know but it seems that every single dream's Painted pretty pictures in the air Then it tumbles in despair and it starts to bend Until by the end it's a nightmare But I'm gonna give all that I've got to give Cross my heart And I hope to live I...

And the night comes again to the circle studded sky The stars settle slowly, in lonliness they lie 'Till the universe expodes as a falling star is raised Planets are paralyzed, mountains are amazed But they all glow brighter from the briliance of the blaze...

It was out to California young Davey Moore did go, to meet with Sugar Ramos and trade him blow for blow He left his home in Springfield, his wife and children five; the spring was fast approaching, it was good to be alive. His wife, she begged and pleaded,...

Oh, the shadows of doubt are in many a mind, Lookin' for an answer they're never gonna find, But they'd better decide 'cause they're runnin' out of time, For these are the days of decision. Oh, the games of stalling you cannot afford, Dark is the danger that'...

[intro: ] All around this country, trouble in the air And I hear the voices calling me Asking "do you know and do you care? Do you know and do you care?" So I'm a-gonna do what I have to do Say what I have to say And I'm gonna be what I have to be Now...

You laugh at the people who walk outside on the sidewalk And you talk to yourself so much When you see other people you can't talk This time it's true The charade is through And you can't seem to run away from you Away from you And the haggard ex-lover...

Oh, I'm just a typical American boy from a typical American town I believe in God and Senator Dodd and a-keepin' old Castro down And when it came my time to serve I knew "better dead than red" But when I got to my old draft board, buddy, this is what I said...

Centuries took holidays before these days became desperately clear that chariots full of Christmas cheer could never draw the child near but this year one of the last remaining years Santa Claus is a sniper on the roof of Macy's picking off the custom...

Some people never get their feet on the ground, they're either sitting in a chair or they're laying down their bellies are hanging down on their knees, it's almost a national emergency. Fifty miles, keep a-walking, Twenty-five miles and you're almost ther...

I've often wondered why, as a fireman races by, How often have I said, "Why are fire engines red?" Just ask the boys in Firehouse 35 (Chorus) Singin' Firehouse Thirty Five, Firehouse Thirty Five In between all the fires they are quenchin' their desires,...

First snow on the autumn ground Covers grass where she once lay down Blanket of white, grass out of sight, Where did she go, tell me first snow. First snow cover my mistakes Cover the past with your flakes Perfect white sheet, beneath my feet I hurt he...

Millionaires and paupers walk the hungry street Rich and poor companions of the restless beat Strangers in a foreign land, strike a match with a trembling hand Learn too much to ever understand But nobody's buying flowers from the flower lady Lover's qu...

Jackson, Mississippi, is a mighty white town, the white folks they like to keep the black folks down they think they'll be alright, but there's gonna be a fight and they'll have to share that freedom crown, yes, they'll have to share that freedom crown. F...

Everything is going wrong, everything is bad There's no one I can talk to when I am feeling sad She broke my heart a million ways I'm losing all my friends The boys down at the factory ask me where I've been Fill 'er up with love Please won't you, mister...

I'm going down to Mississippi I'm going down a southern road And if you never see me again Remember that I had to go Remember that I had to go It's a long road down to Mississippi It's a short road back the other way If the cops pull you over to the sid...

Wandering through this rolling land Wandering all around From the deserts dry, to mountains high And everywhere here's what I found I've found green hills rolling to the valleys Rolling to the grassy plains, rolling to the sand And the blue streams rolli...

In the tube where I was born I could have sworn There was so much to see There was so little to be But I was free World at my command Through the dots I ran Looking for a man Who looked like me And now it can be told I'm a quarter of a century old...

I've seen the hands of laborers that lifted all the loads And the granite stuck to their fingers as they dug the canals and the roads Now they're cleared and the bridges span The river paused for a power dam And now the hand of the laborer is reaching out...

Well, some people think that Unions are too strong, Union leaders should go back where they belong; But I wish that they could see a little more of poverty And they might start to sing a different song. Well, minin' is a hazard in Hazard, Kentucky, And i...

Here's to the state of Mississippi, For Underheath her borders, the devil draws no lines, If you drag her muddy river, nameless bodies you will find. Whoa, the fat trees of the forest have hid a thousand crimes, The calender is lyin' when it reads the present...

Here's to the State of Richard Nixon For underneath his borders the devil draws the line If you drag his muddy rivers nameless bodies you will find And the fat trees of the forest have hid a thousand crimes And the calendar is lyin' when it reads the prese...

From the flat plains of ohio we drifted out one day, For the southern part of the journey Underneath the bridge, the ohio river sang As we headed for the hills of west virginia And the red sun of the morning was smiling through the trees, As the darkness...

How high is the watergate, Mama, she said it's one foot high and risin' How high is the watergate, Pama, he said it's two feet high and risin' There's a flood around the poker game (There's a bug on the window pane) Gerry Ford must be insane Oh, my God, it...

How long, how long can we go on How long, how long can we go on, This troubled land may never last There is no future in the past How far, how far have we gone How far, how far have we gone, So many battles without a gain(so many struggles have we lost)...

I've been all around your dirty old city been all around your dirty old town i've slept in your alleys, i've slept in your subways hunger and cold, they follow me down Chorus: hunger and cold, hunger and cold i wouldn't mind but i'm growing so old but...

Oh i marched to the battle of new orleans At the end of the early british war The young land started growing The young blood started flowing But i ain't marchin' anymore For i've killed my share of indians In a thousand different fights I was there at the lit...

Meet the king of cowboys, he rides a pale pony He fights the bad boys brings them to their knees He patrols the highways from the air He keeps the country safe from long hair I am the masculine American man I kill therefore I am I don't like the black m...

I like Hitler, Jolly Jolly Hitler I like Hitler and Mussolini too I like Franco in Spain And I'll have to maintain That Batista was Really quite all right Trujillo was my man Henry Ford would understand What this country really needs is apartheid...

When the river of rebellion overflows, I'll be there When the seed of discontent plants and grows, I'll be there Watching for the sun through the dark and rainy storm Searching for the keys to the dungeons old and worn Let me tell you, I'll be there When...

Oh I am just a student, sir And only want to learn But it's hard to read through the risin' smoke Of the books that you like to burn So I'd like to make a promise And I'd like to make a vow That when I've got something to say, sir I'm gonna say it now...

Sometime's I feel that the world isn't mine It feeds on my hunger and tears on my time And I'm tired, Yes, I'm tired Every face on the street is as cold the air As hard as the pavement moves 'neath my feet And I'm tired, Yes, I'm tired Sometimes I sto...

The night air is inviting you to walk out on the trail You will not fail You will not fail And by the beach a lady sails a ship without a sail And you reach out for her And you reach out for her But, I've had her I've had her She's nothing Down the c...

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...

I've found my freedom Her and I been flying down that highway of gold My shirtsleeves are rolled, my Colt 45 is cold. I go fast, till I'm going faster. Look how far we've come, look how far A car, a car, my kingdom for a car How I love the highway Picks me u...

My life was once a joy to me, Never knowing, I was growing, everyday. My life was once a toy to me, And I wound it and I found it ran away. So I raced through the night with a face at my feet, like a god I would write, All the melodies were sweet, and the wome...

I don't know, but it seems to me What a great world this would be If everybody stoped their hating Saw the devil and called him satan *chorus* Never again, never again No more the bugle sounds the battle cry No more the cannons' roar No more we die...

The Road goes straight to the town I'm headed for Pretty cold town that I never seen before I've trouble on my mind hope this new town will be kind New people and a new job is what I need to find New Town, New Town now don't you let me down I've traveled se...

Christmas shoppers shopping on a neon city street Another Christmas dollar for another Christmas treat There's satin on the pretty dolls that make the children glow While a boy walking ragged in the cold Kentucky snow No, they don't have Christmas in Kentucky...

Hello hello hello, is anybody home I've only called to say I'm sorry The drums are in the dawn And all the voice was gone And it seems that there are no more songs Once I knew a girl, she was a flower in a flame I loved her as the sea sings sadly Now the ashe...

Another Sunday morning, another time to pray A brand new dress to wear and a doll to put away Another sermon, another hymn to sing And on her hand a golden ring On across the silent streets and to the church they came Sheltered by the heavy walls and pai...

Well, sometimes I am happy, sometimes sad, Thinkin' of the good times I have had, Thinkin' of the places I have been -- Sometimes down, sometimes up, sometimes in. On my way -- to another workin' day. On my way -- and I wish that I could stay. On my way...

Hup, two, three, four, marchin' down the street Rollin' of the drums and the trampin' of the feet General salutes and the mothers wave and weep Here comes the big parade Don't be afraid, price is paid One more parade CHORUS So young, so strong, so ready for t...

I'd like a one-way ticket home, ticket home Where I can watch television, talk on the telephone But every town I wander there's a billboard on a throne Ticket home I want a ticket home Does anybody know my name, or recognize my face I must have come from somew...

Oh, look outside the window There's a woman being grabbed They've dragged her to the bushes And now she's being stabbed Maybe we should call the cops And try to stop the pain But Monopoly is so much fun I'd hate to blow the game And I'm sure It wouldn't inte...

In the state of Illinois 'bout nine years ago A cold blooded killer he went against the law He killed a factory guard when his robbery did fail And they caught him and they threw him in the jail. He lay there in his cell locked up with his hate Not many men kn...

And the ship sets the sail They've lived the tale To carry to the shore Straining at the oars Or staring from the rail And the sea bids farewell She waves in swells And sends them on their way Time has been her pay And time will have to tell Oh, soon your Sa...

Come and take a walk with me thru this green and growing land Walk thru the meadows and the mountains and the sand Walk thru the valleys and the rivers and the plains Walk thru the sun and walk thru the rain Here is a land full of power and glory Beauty...

I can see him coming He's walking down the highway With his big boots on And his big thumb out He wants to get me He wants to hurt me He wants bring me down But Sometime later when I'm feel a little straighter I will come across a stranger Who'll remind me of...

The days grow longer for smaller prizes I feel a stranger to all surprises You can have them I don't want them I wear a different kind of garment In my rehearsals for retirement The lights are cold again they dance below me I turn to old friends they do not k...

Oh, I am the Unknown Soldier who died in World War Two. I didn't want to fight, it was the only thing to do. I was the victim of a world that went insane-- Will you show me that I didn't die in vain. Remember me, when the crosses are a burnin', Remember m...

In a building of gold, with riches untold, Lived the families on which the country was founded. And the merchants of style, with their red velvet smiles, Were there, for they also were hounded. And the soft middle class crowded in to the last, For the buildin...

Have you seen the rivers of the blood? First a trickle, then a flood -- First the ocean's pounding roar, Then a tidal wave hits upon the shore. Knives and arrows fell like rain, And the powder burst aflame, And the flames they flew so high -- Dropped their poi...

Sailors and soldiers uniformed shoulders they're growing older over the sea The troops they are leaving firmly believing no reason for greiving Far from the banners, Far from the glamour, Far from the planners, Who sent them to die herded like cattle they h...

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 Santo...

When times are bad and you're feeling sad Got more troubles than you've ever had There's one sure way to make you feel glad the whole world will come to you here's all you gotta do: just walk right through that door. Sing a song when things go wrong Of a tune...

There is a town in this great nation that stands for liberty, It deserves a great ovation for its true democracy. Every citizen is equal, their brothers stand side by side, And these happy smiling people are the nation's joy and pride. Oh, they got great big...

The wild geese are dancing in the ripples of the morn My wanderlust is formed I've got to follow them wherever they may lead For I am just a sailor on a ship across the land Let me hold your hand To bid farewell so I can knuckle to my knees But I'll be back ag...

Way high, so high: Travelin' fast and free. Spaceman, look down: Tell me what you see. Can you see the hunger there Strike without a sound? Can you see the food you burn As you circle round? Way high, so high: All the world will cheer. Spaceman, look down:...

Oh, say do you remember 25 years ago, They fought the fascist army, they fought the fascist foe? Do you remember franco, hitler's old ally? He butchered spain's democracy,half a million free men died. Ai, ai, ai, ai-- Did you wonder why? Did you ever pause an...

The young night was thirsty as I entered the back of the bar the smoke held the air, as the floating tables were scarred, in back of the counter the man asked "What can I do?" and all I could say was "One on the way, take it out of my youth." And the voic...

Walkin' down to Denver town I watched the western sun go down. Thought that I would stop a while, Switch around my TV dial. Got some free Tee Vee . . . Only price was a little boredom. Well, I'm not sure about my taste But it seemed that TV land was a waste....

Walkin' down to Birmingham, Way down south in Dixieland. I thought that I would stop a while Take a vacation Southern style Got some Southern hospitality Down there in a Southern hospital. Well, all the signs said Welcome in, Welcome if you're white my...

In many a time, in many a land, With many a gun in many a hand, They came by the night, they came by the day, Came with their guns to take us away With a knock on the door, knock on the door. Here they come to take one more, One more. Back in the days of the...

Well, Once I heard some people say, "If you gotta travel There's just one way, you gotta leave the ground, gotta go through the air, gotta find a pilot and pay your fare You gotta sail through the sky. In other words, you gotta fly". Yes, statistics show it's...

Sailing over to Vietnam Southeast Asian Birmingham Well, training is the word we use Nice word to have in case we lose Training a million Vietnamese To fight for the wrong government and the American way Well, they put me in a barracks house Just across the w...

Who's that coming down the road A sailor from the sea He looks a lot like me I'd know him anywhere, had to stare Feathers at his fingertips A halo 'round his spine He must have lost his mind He should be put away, right away In the corner of the night He han...

It was a used car dealers' election And the choice was rather small The boys agreed, "it's the war we need, So there's no president at all." Here's to Nixon and Agnew They are the stars of the stage and screen Not since Laurel and Hardy Have I laughed so hard...

The bullets of the false revenge have struck us once again As the angry seas have struck upon the sand And it seemed as though a friendless world had lost itself a friend That was the President and that was the man. I still can see him smiling there and w...

If you say all the good times are gone, If you say this rain will keep rainin' on-- I'll walk along with my head held high; I'll find a song and I'll sing it to the sky-- I may be wrong but I'll live 'til I die. That's the way it's gonna be. Wait and see. Eve...

So you tell me that your last good dollar is gone And you say that your pockets are bare. And you tell me that your clothes are tattered and torn And nobody seems to care. Now don't tell me your troubles, No, I don't have the time to spare. But if you w...

Billie Sol was a man From the giant Texas land He put the Chamber of Commerce on a limb They voted him the best And the government did no less Until the I.O.U.'s of Texas fell on him Stand tall, Billie Sol, we don't know you at all We've taken down your pictur...

I'll tell you the story of John Henry Faulk. I'll tell you of his trials and the troubled trail he walked, And I'll tell of the tyrants, the ones you never see: Murder is the role they play and hatred is their fee. On the TV and the radio John Henry Faulk was...

Phil Ochs checked into the Chelsea Hotel, There was blood on his clothes and they were dirty. I could see by his face he was not feeling well, He'd been to one too many parties. He walked in the lobby a picture of doom, It was plain to see he'd been a-drinkin'...

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...

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...