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What Are You Fighting For (Phil Ochs)

from All O​ü​t Folk Attack! by The Oily Menace

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WHAT ARE YOU FIGHTING FOR - Phil Ochs

there is danger to the land you call your own
you watch them build the war machine right beside your home
tell me that you are ready to go marching off to war
I know you’re set for fighting, but what are you fighting for?

Turn on your tv, turn it on so loud
And watch the fool a smiling there and tell me that you’re proud
And listen to your radio, the noise it starts to pour
Oh I know you’re set for fighting, but what are you fighting for?

Read your morning papers, read every single line
And tell me if you can believe that simple world you find
Read every slanted word till your eyes are getting sore,

ragged clothes upon your back and sleep upon the ground,
And tell police about your rights as they drag you down,
And ask them as they lead you to some deserted door,

But the hardest thing I’ll ask you, if you will only try
Is take your children by their hands and look into their eyes
And there you’ll see the answer you should have seen before
If you’ll win the wars at home, there’ll be no fighting anymore

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from All O​ü​t Folk Attack!, released January 13, 2011

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