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Billy Bragg ~ I Dreamed I Saw Phil Ochs Last Night


I dreamed i saw phil ochs last night Alive as you and me Says i to phil "you're ten years dead" "i never died" says he "i never died" says he The music business killed you phil They ignored the things you said And cast you out when fashions changed Says phil "but i ain't dead" Says phil "but i ain't dead" The fbi harassed you phil They smeared you with their lies Says he "but they could never kill What they could not compromise I never compromised" "though fashion's changed and critics sneered The songs that i have sung Are just as true tonight as then The struggle carries on The struggle carries on" With the song of freedom rings out loud From valleys and from hills Where people stand up for their rights Phil ochs is with us still Phil ochs inspires us still Words: billy bragg music: earl robinson more free lyrics

I dreamed i saw phil ochs last night
Alive as you and me
Says i to phil "you're ten years dead"
"i never died" says he
"i never died" says he

The music business killed you phil
They ignored the things you said
And cast you out when fashions changed
Says phil "but i ain't dead"
Says phil "but i ain't dead"

The fbi harassed you phil
They smeared you with their lies
Says he "but they could never kill
What they could not compromise
I never compromised"

"though fashion's changed and critics sneered
The songs that i have sung
Are just as true tonight as then
The struggle carries on
The struggle carries on"

With the song of freedom rings out loud
From valleys and from hills
Where people stand up for their rights
Phil ochs is with us still
Phil ochs inspires us still

Words: billy bragg music: earl robinson

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