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Thread #14386   Message #3132046
Posted By: GUEST,Doug Saum
09-Apr-11 - 02:43 PM
Thread Name: Origins: When I'm Gone (Phil Ochs)
Subject: RE: Origins: Phil Ochs: While I'm Here
I've noticed that people who die young sometimes do have a sense of personal mortality (which Ochs writes about here), but he is using this song to encourage action; make hay while the sun shines for one day we all die. If you want the clearer warnings of suicide go to the post-Chicago "No More Songs," and "Rehearsals for Retirement."