Phil Ochs Short Quotes

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I was over there, entertaining the troops. I won't say which troops.

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I'm gonna give all I've got to give
Cross my heart, and I hope to live.

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Leaving America is like losing twenty pounds and finding a new girlfriend.

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The final story, the final chapter of Western man, I believe, lies in Los Angeles.

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A protest song is a song that's so specific that you cannot mistake it for bullshit.

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Does defending liberalism leave you friendless and perhaps wondering about your breath?

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So dance dance dance
Teach us to be true
Come dance dance dance
'Cause we love you

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One good song with a message can bring a point more deeply to more people than a thousand rallies.

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Call it peace or call it treason,
Call it love or call it reason,
But I ain't marching anymore!

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America is two Mack trucks colliding on a superhighway because all the drivers are on amphetamines.

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The painter paints his brushes black
Through the canvas runs a crack
Portrait of the pain never answers back.

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When they show the destruction of society on color TV, I want to be able to look out over Los Angeles and make sure they get it right.

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It's always the old to lead us to the war
It's always the young to fall
Now look at all we've won with the sabre and the gun
Tell me is it worth it all.

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Yet she's only as rich as the poorest of the poor
Only as free as a padlocked prison door
Only as strong as our love for this land
Only as tall as we stand!

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Here is a land full of power and glory
Beauty that words cannot recall
Oh her power shall rest on the strength of her freedom
Her glory shall rest on us all.

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I can spare a dime, brother, but in these morally inflationary times, a dime goes a lot farther if it's demanding work rather than adding to the indignity of relief.

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Show me a prison, show me a jail
Show me a pris'ner whose face has grown pale
And I'll show you a young man
With many reasons why
There but for fortune, go you or I.

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Show me an alley, show me a train
Show me a hobo who sleeps out in the rain
And I'll show you a young man
With many reasons why
There but for fortune, go you or I

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And if there's any hope for America, it lies in a revolution, and if there's any hope for a revolution in America, it lies in getting Elvis Presley to become Che Guevara.

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Show me a country where the bombs had to fall
Show me the ruins of buildings so tall
And I'll show you a young land
With many reasons why
There but for fortune, go you or I
You or I.

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And I won't be laughing at the lies when I'm gone
And I can't question how or when or why when I'm gone
Can't live proud enough to die when I'm gone
So I guess I'll have to do it while I'm here.

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