Phil Ochs

What is Phil Ochs?


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Phil Ochs (December 19, 1940 – April 9, 1976)was a socialist "protest" folk singer in the 1960s. He strongly opposed the war in Vietnam, and wrote a lot of songs about his opposition to war in general. He also had songs bashing racism and injustice.

Ochs hanged himself in 1976, probably due to his lack of any major success in the music industry, alcoholism, writer's block and a throat injury caused from being attacked while touring Africa. He believed this attack may have been arranged by the government.

Here's To The State of Mississippi

Phil Ochs

Here's to the state of Mississippi,

For Underheath her borders, the devil draws no lines,

If you drag her muddy river, nameless bodies you will find.

Whoa the fat trees of the forest have hid a thousand crimes,

The calender is lyin' when it reads the present time.

Whoa here's to the land you've torn out the heart of,

Mississippi find yourself another country to be part of!

Here's to the people of Mississippi

Who say the folks up north, they just don't understand

And they tremble in their shadows at the thunder of the Klan

The sweating of their souls can't wash the blood from off their hands

They smile and shrug their shoulders at the murder of a man

Oh, here's to the land you've torn out the heart of

Mississippi find yourself another country to be part of

See protest, socialist, suicide, folk, acoustic


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