-- Love me, I'm a liberal

[Ellipsis]

In every american community you have varying shades of political opinion.
One of the shadiest of these is the liberals...



http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u52Oz-54VYw&feature=related

Phil Ochs

İ cried when they shot Medgar Evers
Tears ran down my spine
I cried when they shot Mr. Kennedy
As though I'd lost a father of mine
But Malcolm X got what was coming
He got what he asked for this time
So love me, love me, love me, I'm a liberal

I go to civil rights rallies
And I put down the old D.A.R.
I love Harry and Sidney and Sammy
I hope every colored boy becomes a star
But don't talk about revolution
That's going a little bit too far
So love me, love me, love me, I'm a liberal

I cheered when Humphrey was chosen
My faith in the system restored
I'm glad the commies were thrown out
of the A.F.L. C.I.O. board
I love Puerto Ricans and Negros
as long as they don't move next door
So love me, love me, love me, I'm a liberal

The people of old Mississippi
Should all hang their heads in shame
I can't understand how their minds work
What's the matter don't they watch Les Crain?
But if you ask me to bus my children
I hope the cops take down your name
So love me, love me, love me, I'm a liberal

I read New republic and Nation
I've learned to take every view
You know, I've memorized Lerner and Golden
I feel like I'm almost a Jew
But when it comes to times like Korea
There's no one more red, white and blue
So love me, love me, love me, I'm a liberal

I vote for the democratic party
They want the U.N. to be strong
I go to all the Pete Seeger concerts
He sure gets me singing those songs
I'll send all the money you ask for
But don't ask me to come on along
So love me, love me, love me, I'm a liberal

Once I was young and impulsive
I wore every conceivable pin
Even went to the socialist meetings
Learned all the old union hymns
But I've grown older and wiser
And that's why I'm turning you in
So love me, love me, love me, I'm a liberal

[dana_b]

1. I've never heard that before

thank you!!

[Odin2005]

2. Sounds like a DLC New Dem smack in the face to us Progressives.

"Even went to the socialist meetings
Learned all the old union hymns
But I've grown older and wiser
And that's why I'm turning you in"

:puke:

[Ellipsis]

3. Well thats because you're a young fuck, and YOU don't get it. ....it's sardonic humor.

ya just need a little schoolin, read up a bit, or live in your ignorance...(nah, just kiddin' just a little more sardonic humor) ...just a late night GD post for the over 50 crowd.




Odin, the Wanderer









Philip David Ochs (play /ˈoʊks/; December 19, 1940 – April 9, 1976) was an American protest singer (or, as he preferred, a topical singer) and songwriter who was known for his sharp wit, sardonic humor, earnest humanism, political activism, insightful and alliterative lyrics, and haunting voice. He wrote hundreds of songs in the 1960s and released eight albums in his lifetime.

Ochs performed at many political events, including anti-Vietnam War and civil rights rallies, student events, and organized labor events over the course of his career, in addition to many concert appearances at such venues as New York City's Town Hall and Carnegie Hall. Politically, Ochs described himself as a "left social democrat" who became an "early revolutionary" after the protests at the 1968 Democratic National Convention in Chicago led to a police riot, which had a profound effect on his state of mind.


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phil_Ochs






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[Odin2005]

18. DOH, I'm such an idiot.

*smacks self across the head*

[catabryna]

4. Abraham Martin & John - Dion

Has anybody here seen my old friend Abraham?
Can you tell me where he's gone?
He freed a lot of people,
But it seems the good they die young.
You know, I just looked around and he's gone.

Anybody here seen my old friend John?
Can you tell me where he's gone?
He freed a lot of people,
But it seems the good they die young.
I just looked around and he's gone.

Anybody here seen my old friend Martin?
Can you tell me where he's gone?
He freed a lot of people,
But it seems the good they die young.
I just looked 'round and he's gone.

Didn't you love the things that they stood for?
Didn't they try to find some good for you and me?
And we'll be free
Some day soon, and it's a-gonna be one day ...

Anybody here seen my old friend Bobby?
Can you tell me where he's gone?
I thought I saw him walkin' up over the hill,
With Abraham, Martin and John.

[WCGreen]

5. My all time Phil Ochs song...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L5pgrKSwFJE

I Ain't a Marchin' Anymore...

[Ellipsis]

6. Hey you...

How's the lungs?

I was a little young for Ochs but my sister used to listen to him and I've had "Miranda" stuck in my head for some reason for the last few days, unfortunately there's no recording on Youtube that I could find.


"She's a Rudolf Valentino fan and she makes brownies for the band".

[WCGreen]

8. Lungs are bothering me a bit...

Got a bug that is making life miserable right now, thanks for asking...

I remember the song that went...

Look outside my window there's a woman being stabbed....

They use to play it on the FM radio in the early '70s.

He actually had family here in Cleveland.

[Ellipsis]

10. ...justed posted it before I saw your reply

Your welcome.

I've read many of your posts

.... even the Kate Smith ones ...LOL


I have a friend who actually worked with her on broadway in the day. He's an old broadway Gypsy.


Perceive WC :hug:

[Starry Messenger]

7. k&r

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9. Outside A Small Circle of Friends

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ulTmmTIlM_o&feature=related

Look outside the window, there's a woman being grabbed
They've dragged her to the bushes and now she's being stabbed
Maybe we should call the cops and try to stop the pain
But Monopoly is so much fun, I'd hate to blow the game
And I'm sure it wouldn't interest anybody
Outside of a small circle of friends.

Riding down the highway, yes, my back is getting stiff
Thirteen cars are piled up, they're hanging on a cliff.
Maybe we should pull them back with our towing chain
But we gotta move and we might get sued and it looks like it's gonna rain
And I'm sure it wouldn't interest anybody
Outside of a small circle of friends.

Sweating in the ghetto with the colored and the poor
The rats have joined the babies who are sleeping on the floor
Now wouldn't it be a riot if they really blew their tops?
But they got too much already and besides we got the cops
And I'm sure it wouldn't interest anybody
Outside of a small circle of friends.

Oh there's a dirty paper using sex to make a sale
The Supreme Court was so upset, they sent him off to jail.
Maybe we should help the fiend and take away his fine.
But we're busy reading Playboy and the Sunday New York Times
And I'm sure it wouldn't interest anybody
Outside of a small circle of friends

Smoking marihuana is more fun than drinking beer,
But a friend of ours was captured and they gave him thirty years
Maybe we should raise our voices, ask somebody why
But demonstrations are a drag, besides we're much too high
And I'm sure it wouldn't interest anybody
Outside of a small circle of friends

Oh look outside the window, there's a woman being grabbed
They've dragged her to the bushes and now she's being stabbed
Maybe we should call the cops and try to stop the pain
But Monopoly is so much fun, I'd hate to blow the game
And I'm sure it wouldn't interest anybody
Outside of a small circle of friends

< Additional verse, 1974>

Down in Santiago where they took away our mines
We cut off all their money so they robbed the storehouse blind
Now maybe we should ask some questions, maybe shed a tear
But I bet you a copper penny, it cannot happen here
And I'm sure it wouldn't interest anybody
Outside of a small circle of friends

[readmoreoften]

11. In a nutshell. Still true after all these years.

That's why I'm not a liberal: I'm a socialist and damn proud, skippy.

[Ellipsis]

12. Bless you for being you.

Are you french?



.... just kiddin' I am

[readmoreoften]

15. Actually I'm a Texan.

Started life as a northeastern union Democrat. Switched gears heading into middle age as a revolutionary socialist in Texas. They say you get more conservative as you age. For me, life experience tells me that if it ain't broke don't fix it. But if it IS broke, don't sit around trying to fix it: build yourself a new one. And this system is broken beyond repair. The world, however, still has a hell of a lot going for it and it deserves a fighting change.

I teach college here--close to 1000 students a year--working class students. And they are some of the most heavily propagandized people I've ever met in my life. They're not bad people. They've just been sold a bill of goods and they don't know how to fight back. They think the government is their enemy because they confuse the state with the corporations. It's an easy mistake to make in this country, because the state exists to protect the corporations from the people. They're as good as any other kind of people down here, it's just a bubble of misinformation and outright lies.

Thanks for the great OP!

[Ellipsis]

16. Well God bless Texas... and sorry for all your heat.

As a Northerner I can't tell you just how hard that is to say that. (It's a first)

No offense to Tx4obama or Demotex

....but in truth Texas scares this Wisconsinite.

[readmoreoften]

17. The heat is really a serious health issue at the moment.

In truth, Texas scares the shit out of me too. But I always go to the source of my trauma. Maybe that's why I moved here.

[shanti]

13. pleasures of the harbor

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qnD_ZdALLdY

my favorite PO song

[Ellipsis]

14. Ani Difranco - When Im Gone

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dd2e04M-xxg&feature=related



Phil Ochs, When I'm Gone Lyrics
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There's no place in this world where I'll belong when I'm gone
And I won't know the right from the wrong when I'm gone
And you won't find me singin' on this song when I'm gone
So I guess I'll have to do it while I'm here

And I won't feel the flowing of the time when I'm gone
All the pleasures of love will not be mine when I'm gone
My pen won't pour out a lyric line when I'm gone
So I guess I'll have to do it while I'm here

And I won't breathe the bracing air when I'm gone
And I can't even worry 'bout my cares when I'm gone
Won't be asked to do my share when I'm gone
So I guess I'll have to do it while I'm here

And I won't be running from the rain when I'm gone
And I can't even suffer from the pain when I'm gone
Can't say who's to praise and who's to blame when I'm gone
So I guess I'll have to do it while I'm here

Won't see the golden of the sun when I'm gone
And the evenings and the mornings will be one when I'm gone
Can't be singing louder than the guns when I'm gone
So I guess I'll have to do it while I'm here

All my days won't be dances of delight when I'm gone
And the sands will be shifting from my sight when I'm gone
Can't add my name into the fight while I'm gone
So I guess I'll have to do it while I'm here

And I won't be laughing at the lies when I'm gone
And I can't question how or when or why when I'm gone
Can't live proud enough to die when I'm gone
So I guess I'll have to do it while I'm here