The truest protest is beauty. Phil Ochs More Quotes by Phil Ochs More Quotes From Phil Ochs Step outside the guidelines of the official umpires and make your own rules and your own reality. Phil Ochs umpiresseareality Show me a country where the bombs had to fallShow me the ruins of buildings so tallAnd I'll show you a young landWith many reasons whyThere but for fortune, go you or IYou or I. Phil Ochs ruinsbombscountry Beneath the greatest love lies a hurricane of hate. Phil Ochs hatelovelying It is wrong to expect a reward for your struggles. The reward is the act of struggle itself, not what you win. Phil Ochs politicsstrugglewinning A protest song is a song that's so specific that you cannot mistake it for bullshit. Phil Ochs bullshitmistakesong One legged veterans will greet the dawn, and they're whistling marches as they mow the lawn, and the gargoyles on sit and grieve. Phil Ochs politicsdawngrieving America is two Mack trucks colliding on a superhighway because all the drivers are on amphetamines. Phil Ochs amphetaminestwoamerica Well I've seen travel in many waysI've traveled in cars and old subwaysBut in Birmingham some people choseTo fly down the street from a fire hose.Doin' some hard travelin'...from hydrants of plenty. Phil Ochs carfirepeople God help the troubadour who tries to be a star. The more that you try to find success, the more that you will fail. Phil Ochs starssuccesstrying In the town of Bethlehem many years ago, a man got religion and he changed the status quo. Phil Ochs religiousmenyears The only way to Cuba is with the CIA. Phil Ochs ciacubaway Call it peace or call it treason / call it love or call it reason / but I ain't marching anymore Phil Ochs treasonreason Evil is done in hopes that evil surrenders, but the deeds of the devil are burned too deep in the embers, and world of hunger in vengeance will always remember. Phil Ochs forgivenessdoneevil When they show the destruction of society on color TV, I want to be able to look out over Los Angeles and make sure they get it right. Phil Ochs tvscolorlooks Only as strong as our love for this land, only as tall as we stand. Phil Ochs our-lovelandstrong The glory that was Lincoln's never died when he was slain. Phil Ochs diedpoliticsglory And I won't be laughing at the lies when I'm goneAnd I can't question how or when or why when I'm goneCan't live proud enough to die when I'm goneSo I guess I'll have to do it while I'm here. Phil Ochs atheismlaughinglying So do your duty, boys, and join with prideServe your country in her suicideFind the flags so you can wave goodbyeBut just before the end even treason might be worth a tryThis country is too young to dieI declare the war is overIt's over, it's over. Phil Ochs boyswarcountry I write all my own songs and they are just simple melodies with a lot of lyrics. They usually have to do with current events and what is going on in the news. You can call them topical songs, songs about the news, and then developing into more philosophical songs later. Phil Ochs philosophicalwritingsong The painter paints his brushes black, Through the canvas runs a crack, Portrait of the pain never answers back... Phil Ochs painanswersrunning
