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Thread #70513 Message #1206168
Posted By: Rapparee
13-Jun-04 - 09:45 AM
Thread Name: BS: The Basic Causes of Western Stupidity
Subject: RE: BS: The Basic Causes of Western Stupidity
From the DT, and just as relevant now as when it was written:
SMALL CIRCLE OF FRIENDS (Phil Ochs)
Oh look outside the window, there's a woman being grabbed They drag 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 interest anybody Outside of a small circle of friends
Riding down the highway, yes, my back is getting stiff Thirteen cars are piled up, they're hanging on a cliff Maybe we should pull them back with our towing chain But we gotta move and we might get sued and it looks like it's gonna rain And I'm sure it wouldn't interest anybody Outside of a small circle of friends
Sweating in the ghetto with the colored and the poor The rats did join the babies who are sleeping on the floor Now wouldn't it be a riot if they really blew their tops But they got too much already and besides we've got the cops And I'm sure it wouldn't interest anybody Outside of a small circle of friends
Oh there's a dirty paper using sex to make her sales The Supreme Court was so upset, they sent him off to jail Maybe we should help the fiend and and take away his fine But we're busy reading Playboy and the Sunday New York Times And I'm sure it wouldn't interest anybody Outside of a small circle of friends
Smoking Marihuana is more fun than drinking beer But a friend of ours got busted and they gave him thirty years Maybe we should raise our voices, ask somebody why But demonstrations are a drag, besides we're much too high And I'm sure it wouldn't interest anybody Outside of a small circle of friends
Oh look outside the window, there's a woman being grabbed They drag 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 interest anybody Outside of a small circle of friends
------------------------------------------------------------- copyright Barricade Music recorded by Phil Ochs on "Tape From California" (1968) "This song, in its attack on hip passivity and indifference, displays one of Ochs' finest qualities: the willingness to challenge hypocrisy within his own audience" - Anthony DeCurtis