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Phil Ochs Is Dead

from My Best Evil Friend by The No Ones

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lyrics

Wine is soaking up the song.
Words are marching from the field.
Awful bleak on Bleecker now, and The Troubadour cares less.
“Phil Ochs is dead!”, the village idiot once cried out loud, but he was wrong.
Phil Ochs is dead.
Well yes, I guess, but never too far gone.
I’m on my way.

I've been underneath too long — too much seaweed in the eye.
A bay of frightened pigs, I stand in my pea coat and my cap.
More chords, less fame.
Phil Ochs is dead.
The singing journalist was tried and found guilty of trying.
Phil Ochs is dead.
The sad-eyed patriot was never too far.
He’s in my way.
(The revolution was ridiculous. Turned out Elvis couldn't work with Mao or Che.)

There's a spotlight on the shadow, but the shadow left the boards.
The beats are drowning — so are we.
The war is over in Grant Park.
Mad cowboy loose in Tombstone town.

Phil Ochs is dead.
The sinking socialist got lost and found guilty of belief.
The Folk Singer’s dead.
Well yes, I guess but never too far gone.
I’m on my way.

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from My Best Evil Friend, released March 31, 2023

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The No Ones Portland, Oregon

The No Ones are Arne Kjelsrud Mathisen, Scott McCaughey, Frode Strømstad and Peter Buck. A band that stretches from the southwest of Norway through Athens, Georgia to the northwest corner of the USA, consisting of members from I Was A King, The Minus 5 and R.E.M. ... more

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