Reply #40: There's a song by Phil Ochs... [View All]

[DivinBreuvage]

about just this very thing! From "The Ballad of William Worthy":

"William Worthy is unworthy to enter our door:
Went down to Cuba, he's not American any more.
But somehow it is strange to hear the State Department say
'You are living in the free world, in the free world you must stay.'"

Later in the song:

"Yes, there really is no need to travel to these evil lands,
And although the list grows larger you must try to understand.
Try hard not to worry if someday you should hear
That 'The whole world is off limits, visit Disneyland this year.'"

I can hardly listen to half of Phil Ochs' songs without feeling so sad that he is dead.

Françoise