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Thread #102943 Message #2128785
Posted By: Rog Peek
18-Aug-07 - 05:12 PM
Thread Name: Songs for/about Phil Ochs
Subject: Lyr Add: TRIBUTE TO PHIL OCHS (Jack Honig)
TRIBUTE TO PHIL OCHS (Jack Honig)
When LBJ called for us to fight When the Left were left and the Left were right He sang of the country's wrongs Until there were No More Songs
He wrote ballads by the score But he Ain't Marchin' Anymore Changes fanned embers into a flame As he strummed The Chords of Fame
And if I live to be four score He'll be marching evermore Forever singing to the folks Here's a tribute to Phil Ochs
A prophet, town crier and a rover Informed us that The War Is Over He left with his one-way Ticket Home I can't believe that he is gone
No he never became a great legend Outside a Small Circle of Friends But to those who heard him well He personified the Liberty Bell
Let freedom ring throughout the land For all who sat while he took a stand While some died on land and some at sea I recall Remember Me
Oh, oh, how I miss him so Where's the boy from Ohio Chanting with vigour and with ardour Of The Pleasures of the Harbor
Every composition made us want more Waging peace and decrying war Each note and chord held us dangling His departure left all of us hanging
And though he met a fateful end I still think of him as a friend And in my heart I'll ever care For he who taught us all to share
Oh his memory will live on Long after he himself has gone His music can still generate a tear The troubadour we all hold dear
He recounted to us America's proud story Stirred us all with the Power and the Glory The Trial was a moving testament In his Rehearsals for Retirement
In the Days of Decision he told of Another Age His clarity of vision bespoke the public's rage His Tape from California left us yearning For The Song of his Returning
And if I live to be four score He'll be marching evermore Forever singing to the folks Here's a tribute to Phil Ochs
Repeat last verse
Notes: The song appears on 'Mirror Image' (Independent Cassette) released in 1991. RP aug07