AlienGirl
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Mon Aug-22-05 09:07 PM
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Another Age: "We were born in a revolution...died in a wasted war..." |
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Another Age By Phil Ochs
There's a man walking round the island with a snake cane He picked it up in Thailand from a hurricane And you know he's not gonna go there He's been one time too long Now all the gods are gone The younger boys are drowning in a shallow sea The night belongs to snipers in palm trees And their sabres flashed like lightning In the charge of the last brigade They must have been afraid
Soldiers have their sorrow The wretched have their rage Pray for the aged it's the dawn of another age Of another age Of another age Of another age
The blood running down the blackboard on a blank screen The convicts shake their cages of a bad dream And they'll coach you in the classroom that it cannot happen here But it has happened here I remember nothing that I memorized I got my education from a black eye And they'll teach you law and order If you dare to raise your hand Spare the glove and spoil the man Soldiers have their sorrow The wretched have their rage Pray for the aged It's the dawn of another age Of another age Of another age
Thomas Paine and Jesse James are old friends And Robin Hood is riding on the road again We were born in a revolution and we died in a wasted war It's gone that way before The dogs are chasing chicken bones across the lawn If that was an election, I'm a Viet Cong So I pledge allegiance against the flag and the fall for which it stands I'll raise/raze it if I can (Pledge allegiance to the land) Soldier have their sorrow The wretched have their rage Pray for the aged It's the dawn of another age Of another age Of another age Of another age Of another age
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Mojambo
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Tue Aug-23-05 01:44 AM
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1. Absolutely one of my favorite Ochs songs |
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Great post AlienGirl!
I'll reciprocate with one of his that could very easily be re-written for today.
Another Country
Oh, a rifle took its aim and a man fell to the ground. He tried to stand again but everybody held him down: A time of terror when the bullet pierced the air -- I know that couldn't happen here. Oh, it must have been another country -- Yes, it must have been another land. That couldn't happen in the U.S.A. We'd never treat a man that way.
And a migrant worker sweats underneath the blazin' sun. He's fallen on his knees but his work is never done. He begs someone to listen but nobody seems to care,
And I know that couldn't happen here. Oh, it must have been another country -- Yes, it must have been another land. That couldn't happen in the U.S.A. We'd never treat a man that way.
And a man is working steady, it's good money he receives But he's thrown out of work for the wrong things he believes. He didn't have the thoughts most everybody shares.
I know that couldn't happen here, so it must have been another country -- Yes, it must have been another land. That couldn't happen in the U.S.A. We'd never treat a man that way.
And a man is sent to prison to wait until he dies. He fights to save his life, for years and years he tries. Even though he changed himself he dies upon the chair.
I know that couldn't happen here. Oh, it must have been another country -- Yes, it must have been another land. That couldn't happen in the U.S.A. We'd never treat a man that way. Oh, I know we'd never treat a man that way.
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Tue Aug-23-05 01:46 AM
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I need to put a couple cuts on my show; I'm going to put that and "Crucifixion" on tonight..
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