This might be the tune you are talking about:
(I think this was linked to earlier, I'm just adding this bit)

The Dying Girl that No One Helped

In the 1960s, folksinger Phil Ochs wrote a song called �Outside of a Small Circle of Friends� with these lyrics:

'O 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 interest anybody
Outside of a small circle of friends�

The lyrics were a reminder of the murder of Kitty Genovese in 1964, an incident that began a national debate about the responsibility of the average citizen to come to the aid of people in danger. A young woman was brutally murdered in a New York residential area while at least 38 people watched. Ever since, professional students of human behavior and amateurs alike have attempted to explain why no one was willing to become involved. In this selection, Loudon Wainwright briefly records the feelings of some of those who saw Kitty Genovese killed.




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