Phil Ochs Lyrics

Stop wasting your words Convincing yourself that no one hurts Time killed the rebel that could not change with time And fashion placed a flower at the image in our mind Of the swi...Read Full Lyrics

Some people wish they could be like Moses And get their information from burning bushes Well I tried and the neighbors complained I set their lawns aflame I'm up and down I'm go...Read Full Lyrics

Miguel sits at the corner store with skin like terra cotta pottery Waiting for a bus, a bus With a hat like billy jacks, a smile like freddie prinz He comes and he goes with the du...Read Full Lyrics

I changed my name, I had it made I sold my soul And I never got paid When it's one long line after another And you can't get a green card And all you want is to lie with you...Read Full Lyrics

It's only me the tattooed girls and the freaks Standing here lost at sea Old ideas and paper bones is all we are And all we'll ever be The skies as gray as an old man's hat Left be...Read Full Lyrics

The sky is the color Of white-hot iron The sun is long overdue Snow is falling Hopeless and perfect And I am waiting for you A new afterthought A stupid idea I stayed hom...Read Full Lyrics

I'm not only Fading slowly Running out of Arms to hold me Close The days of fallen leaves are almost done The trees have changed their stories more than once The months ar...Read Full Lyrics

Standing on the Empire State I see the curve of the earth A bed of nails below me waits But I sleep well and good, for whatever it's worth Here's my life, in short There's not...Read Full Lyrics

Mortimer's ghost Graduates today First in his class And well on his way The dry cleaning king of Baltimore's only kid Thinks back on all the things he almost did "I coulda ...Read Full Lyrics

This'll be the last song that I write About the things in my life I don't like This'll be the last plan I design Involving me being on time I sure I've missed my chances Balloons ...Read Full Lyrics