Тексты песен «Phil Ochs»

Some people never get their feet on the ground, They're either sitting in a chair or they're laying down Their bellies are hanging down on their knees, It's almost a national emergency. Fifty miles, keep a-walking,...

I've often wondered why, as a fireman races by, How often have I said, "why are fire engines red? " Just ask the boys in firehouse 35 (chorus) Singin' firehouse thirty five, firehouse thirty five In between...

First snow on the autumn ground Covers grass where she once lay down Blanket of white, grass out of sight, Where did she go, tell me first snow. First snow cover my mistakes Cover the past with your flakes Perfect...

G C G C G G C G Millionaires and paupers walk the hungry streets C G D Rich and poor companions of the restless beat Bm C...

Jackson, mississippi, is a mighty white town, The white folks they like to keep the black folks down They think they'll be allright, but there's gonna be a fight And they'll have to share that freedom crown, Yes,...

G D7 Everything is going wrong, everything is bad G There's no one I can talk to when I am feeling sad She broke my heart a million ways C I'm losing all my friends G D7 G The boys down at the factory ask me where I've...

G D7 Everything is going wrong, everything is bad G There's no one I can talk to when I am feeling sad She broke my heart a million...

I'm going down to Mississipi I'm going down a southern road And if you never see me again Remember that I had to go Remember that I had to go It's a long road down to Mississipi It's a short road back the other way If...

Wandering through this rolling land Wandering all around From the deserts dry, to mountains high And everywhere here's what I found I've found green hills rolling to the valleys Rolling to the grassy plains, rolling to...

G C G In the tube where I was born C Bm I could have sworn C D There was so much to see C D There was so little to be G C G But I...

Pre>g bm c d I've seen the hands of laborers that lifted all the loads G bm c d And the granite stuck to their fingers as they dug the canals and the roads Em bm Now they're cleared and the bridges span C d The river...

Well, some people think that Unions are too strong, Union leaders should go back where they belong; But I wish that they could see a little more of poverty And they might start to sing a different song. Well,...

G Em D Here's to the state of Mississippi, G F For Underheath her borders, the devil draws no lines, G F If you drag her muddy...

Pre>intro: g em d G em d Here's to the state of richard nixon G f For underneath his borders the devil draws no line G f If you drag his muddy rivers nameless bodies you will find G f And the fat trees of the forest...

Here's to the state of Richard Nixon. Where underneath his borders The Devil draws no lines. If you drag his muddy rivers Nameless bodies you will find And the fat trees of the forest Have hid a thousand crimes, And the...

The wind was a torrent of darkness Among the gusty trees The moon was a ghostly galleon Tossed upon cloudy seas And the road was a ribbon of moonlight Over the purple moor And the highwayman came riding, riding, riding...

How high is the watergate, mama, she said it's one foot high and risin' How high is the watergate, pama, he said it's two feet high and risin' There's a flood around the poker game (there's a bug on the window pane)...

Pre> b em c7 d em How long, how long can we go on F# g b How long, how long can we go on, C d This troubled land may never last C d em There is no future in the past How far, how far have we gone How far, how far have...

I've been all around your dirty old city Been all around your dirty old town [shades of ewan maccoll --.ed] I've slept in your alleys, i've slept in your subways Hunger and cold, they follow me down Chorus: Hunger and...

D G C D Oh I marched to the battle of New Orleans G C D At the end of the early British war G C The young land started growing...