Phil Ochs

Pleasures of the Harbor
Phil Ochs
And the ship sets the sail
They've lived the tale
To carry to the shore
Straining at the oars
Or staring from the ra...

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Every morning at the dawn  dust is in the air.
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Karen rises early, runs brushes through her hair.
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Then she buys the ...

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 coun...

Millionaires and paupers walk the hungry streets
Rich and poor companions of the restless beat
Strangers in a foreign land
Strike a match with trembli...

Look outside the window, there's a woman being grabbed
They've dragged her to the bushes and now she's being stabbed
And I'm sure it wouldn't interest...

Miranda
Phil Ochs
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 a...

The Party
Phil Ochs
The fire breathing Rebels  arrive at the party early,
Their khaki coats are hung in the closet near the fur.
Asking handouts from ...

Pleasures of the Harbor
Phil Ochs
And the ship sets the sail
They've lived the tale
To carry to the shore
Straining at the oars
Or staring from the ra...

And the night comes again to the circle studded sky
The stars settle slowly, in lonliness they lie
'Till the universe explodes as a falling star is ra...

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...

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...

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 ma...

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 the...

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 t...

Oh, I marched to the battle of New Orleans
At the end of the early British wars
The young land started growing
The young blood started flowing
But I a...

The Highwayman - Phil Ochs
The wind was a torrent of darkness

Among the gusty trees
The moon was a ghostly galleon

Tossed upon the cloudy seas
The r...

Show me a prison, show me a jail
Show me a prison man whose face has growing pale
And I'll show you a young man with many reasons why
And there but fo...

Oh I am just a student,sir
And only want to learn
But it's hard to read through the risein' smoke
Of the books that you like to burn
So I'd like to ma...

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...

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' o...

The Highway
Rancid
Let The Dominoes Fall

Night clubs and one night stands
Play a show then I'm off again
This is my life
Living on the highway
it's a...

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 ...

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 Jo...

The oil is flowing in the ocean so blue
And the famines will follow the freeways so new
And it's all quiet on the western front

The murdering missile...

Everybody's goin' away
Said they're movin' to LA
There's not a soul I know around
Everybody's leavin' town
Some caught a freight, some caught a plane
...

Oh you tell me that there’s danger to this land you call your own
And you watch them build the war machine right beside your home
And you tell me that...

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 ...

Pleasures of the Harbor
Phil Ochs
And the ship sets the sail
They've lived the tale
To carry to the shore
Straining at the oars
Or staring from the ra...

So I should have known better with a girl like you
That I would love everything that you do
And I do, hey hey hey, and I do


So I never realized what...

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 river...

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 the...