technostingray
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Changes<br /> Phil Ochs <br />(guitar intro)<br />Sit by my side, come as close as the air<br />share in a memory of grace and wonder in my words<br />dream about the pictures that I play of changes<br /><br />Green leaves of summer turn red in the fall<br />To brown and to yellow they fade and then they have to die<br />trapped within the circle time parade of changes<br /><br />Scenes of my young years were warm in my mind<br />visions of shadows that shine til one day I returned <br />and found they were the victims of the vine of changes<br /><br />The world spinning madly it drifts in the dark <br />swings through a hollow of haze a race around the stars <br />a journey throuh the universal blaze with changes<br /> <br /> (Guitar bridge) <br /><br />Moments of magic will glow in the night<br />all fears of the forest are gone but when the morning breaks<br />they're swept away by golden drops of dawn of changes<br /><br />Fashions will part to a strange melody<br />as fires will sometimes burn cold like petals in the wind <br />we're puppets to the silver strings of soul of changes<br /><br />Your tears will be trembling now were somewhere else<br />one last cup of wine we will pour and I'll kiss you one more time<br />and leave on the rolling river shore of changes<br /><br />So sit by my side come as close as the air<br />share in a memory of grace and wonder in my world<br />dream about the pictures that I play of changes<br /><br /> While trouring in South Africa to protest Apartheid, Phil was brutally attacked and his vocal cords were damaged and this ended his career and eventually drove him to suicide. <br /><br />Bracero<br />Phil Ochs<br /> <br />Wade into the river <br />through the rippling shallow waters<br />steal across the the thirsty border Bracero<br /><br />Come bring your hungry body <br />to the golden fields of plenty <br />from a pesos to a penny Bracero<br /><br />Welcome to California<br />where the friendly farmer will take care of you<br /><br />Come labor for your mother <br />for your father and your brother<br />For your sisters and your lover, Bracero<br /><br />Come pick the fruits of yellow <br />Break the flowers from the berries <br />Purple grapes will fill your bellies Bracero<br /><br />Welcome to California <br />where the friendly farmer will take care of you<br /><br />And the sun will bite your body<br />As the dust will dry you thirsty<br />While you muscles beg for mercy Bracero<br /><br />In the shade of your sombrero<br />drop your sweat upon the soil<br />Like the fruit your youth can spoil Bracero<br /><br />Welcome to California where the friendly farmer will take care of you<br /><br />When the weary night embraces <br />Sleeping shacks that could be cages<br />They will take it from your wages Bracero<br /><br />Come sing about tomorrow<br />with a jingle of the dollar<br />and forget your crooked collar Bracero<br /><br />Welcome to California <br />where the friendly farmer will take care of you<br /><br />And the local men are lazy<br />and the make to much of trouble<br />'sides we'd have to pay them double Bracero<br /><br />Ah but if you feel your falling<br />If you find the pace is killing<br />There are others who are willing Bracero<br /><br />Welcome to California<br />where the friendly farmer will take care of you<br /><br /> The more things change the more they stay the same. So much for the guestworker program.
<br />PS: I have edited out some transfer errors. Also, the message is more readily assimilated when the meter is accompanied by the melody.