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Outside of a Small Circle of Friends (Live)
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Phil Ochs
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I've been living in Los Angeles and I haven't, uh, been singing much, for, ever since Chicago. So if I don't remember the words you've gotta forgive me. I wrote these songs a while ago, when I was but a kid walking through the American wilderness. Oh, look outside the window, there's a woman bein' grabbed They've dragged her to the bushes, and now she's bein' 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 Ridin' down the highway, yes, my back is gettin' stiff Thirteen cars have 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 Panthers and the poor The rats have joined the babies who are sleepin' on the floor Oh maybe we should da da, da da da da da But they got too much already, and besides we've 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 her sales The Supreme Court was so upset they sent him off to jail Oh maybe we should take a stand and send the fiend a 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 Smokin' marijuana is more fun than drinkin' beer, but– But a friend of ours was captured, and they gave him thirty years Oh, 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 bein' grabbed They've dragged her to the bushes, and now she's bein' 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
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