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Posted By: Rog Peek
02-Apr-10 - 02:23 PM
Thread Name: Songs for/about Phil Ochs
Subject: Lyr Add: PHIL OCHS AS I KNEW HIM (David Kleiner)
PHIL OCHS AS I KNEW HIM (David Kleiner)
Sometimes on a quiet Sunday Night at the Main Point Before he was well known There'd be just a few of us out there for the evening show And he'd rap to the crowd about this world of ours From the news that he'd read that day He'd make us all laugh and see things a different way
Chorus And he'd come out on stage with that battered old Gibson Each strum is louder than I ever heard before Singing his songs of yesterday's ideals Songs of love, songs of war
The tunes were simple, so were the chords And his voice would kinda' shake when he'd sing But you'd hear each word 'cause the lyrics were the thing I was in High School back in those days But I'd always find a way When he came to Philly' I'd here him play
Chorus
Sixty Eight in Chicago I saw him again, he'd reached the height of his fame We lost touch in Chicago, we all had changed Last night two friends from my past called me up To tell me what they hadn't read Phil Ochs hung himself 'cause the words wouldn't come My high school hero was dead.
Chorus
Notes: This song appears on "The News That's Fit To Sing" (David Kleiner 884401003087) released 2008. Dedicated to Phil Ochs, the title is similar to Phil's classic 60's album, 'All The News That's Fit To Sing'.