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Thread #102943 Message #3734272
Posted By: Felipa
30-Aug-15 - 06:02 PM
Thread Name: Songs for/about Phil Ochs
Subject: RE: Songs for/about Phil Ochs
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Phil ochs i aint marching anymore Phil's voice echoing in my mind As I learn to play My new ukulele
Here are the chords No riff, but couldn't do justice To the memorable, musical phrase That always gave me chills when a teen
Listening to him on late-night weekend FM No commercials in the sixties Bought the album Saw him countless times at folk festivals And Philly coffee houses Spoke to him twice Well, in my ultra-shy way Went through a period of Perverting his song As I tired from marching Although it was to prevent the type of marching Phil Ochs meant
Anti-war but also voting rights, Women's Lib War just kept coming Voters got rights but stopped voting Women didn't want equality if it meant Sharing a bathroom with men
In frustration I invoked the words of Phil Ochs Silently shouting: "I Ain't Marching Anymore"! But got through that phase An activist works for the common good Not for the individuals who may pervert the act
So here I am Almost a quarter of the way into The twenty-first century Voice scratchy The pressing of frets slow Giggling attitude toward my ineptitude But playing and singing Phil Ochs' call to war Against war
So here I am Daring to replicate the sacred chords Of I Ain't Marching Anymore What a high…