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Thread #102943 Message #2140726
Posted By: Rog Peek
04-Sep-07 - 02:16 PM
Thread Name: Songs for/about Phil Ochs
Subject: Lyr Add: NOT JUST ANOTHER FAD (Sam Walker)
NOT JUST ANOTHER FAD (Sammy Walker)
If Hank had been a farmer would he still be here today Ploughing fields of cotton, bringing in Alabama hay Would he have grown into a grandpa with kids upon his knee And tuned in the Grand Ole Opry along with you and me
Chorus But you loved the way he sang the songs And the special gift he had Though he was here and gone in a flash of light, He was not just another fad
If Elvis had been a preacher, preaching the gospel word Would he have made us to believers, would we still have seen and heard Would he have set out on a mission, a soul saving search Would he have shook our hands on Sunday at a little white country church
Chorus
If Phil had been a teacher, teaching in the schools Most likely political science, and bending all the rules Would he have stayed up grading papers late into the night With special care for a ghetto kid, to help him see the light
Chorus
If Tim had been a carpenter, working with his hands Making things that will last with time, in the time for which it stands Would he have set himself a standard to work for and achieve Would he have still given us a reason, a reason to believe
Chorus
So we can criticise the way they lived and the way they died But the songs they sang were all for us, in us they did confide Behind the star upon the door, was a worn and broken crutch Somehow I guess they gave us, gave us just a little too much.
But we loved the way they sang the songs And the special gift they had Though they were here and gone like a flash of light, They were not just another fad They were here and gone like a flash of light, They were not just another fad.
Notes: This song appears on 'Old Time Southern Dream' (Brambus) released in 1994, it has one verse(in italics) which refers to Phil. Re-released on CD 2003. RP sept07