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Thread #102943 Message #2932308
Posted By: Rog Peek
21-Jun-10 - 06:42 PM
Thread Name: Songs for/about Phil Ochs
Subject: Lyr Add: FOR PHIL (OCHS) AND OTHERS (Blanks)
FOR PHIL (OCHS) AND OTHERS (Blanks)
Let's begin with Phil near a window, still With the thoughts we thought we'd had to kill He marched with us he never switched sides The story of a lover who didn't have to die They tried to drown you in the shifting sand But you hit back in a protest planned, You would understand
Tripping, sleeping on a floor piled with clothes A ghost he is gripping all the windows And though the glass was clouded with frost We brought in the shows of those who were lost They tried to drown you in the shifting sand But you hit back in a protest planned, You would understand
Now we give away the shadow smiles To fight the arrest and all the trials The songs of Phil, your window still With the thoughts you thought we had to kill.
Notes: Transcription of the lyrics from the recording was very difficult, and while they will be largely correct, I cannot guarantee complete accuracy. The song appeared on "If This Had Been An Actual Emergency", (Falsified Records OX752, 1990). While I have listed the band as the author, in all probability the author was just one or two members of the band for whom I do not have any names.