INTRO: G / C / D / C / G / C
D G D
My life was once a joy to me,
G / C / G
Never knowing, I was growing, everyday.
D G D
My life was once a toy to me,
Em
And I wound it and I found it ran away.
Am
So I raced through the night
G
With a face at my feet, like a god I would write,
F
All the melodies were sweet, and the women were white.
E D
It was easy to survive, my life was so alive.
My life was once a flag to me
And I waved it and behaved like I was told.
My life was once a drag to me
And I loudly, and I proudly, lost control
I was drawn by a dream
I was loved by a lie, every serf on the scene
Begged me to buy.
But I slipped through the scheme
So lucky to fail
My life was not for sale.
My life is now a myth to me
Like the drifter, with his laughter in the dawn.
My life is now a death to me
So I'll mold it and I'll hold it till I'm born
So I turned to the land
Where I'm so out of place
Throw a curse on the plan
In return for the grace
To know where I stand
Take everything I own
Take your tap from my phone
And leave my life alone
My life alone.
Phil Ochs (1940-1976) è stato un cantautore americano noto per le sue canzoni di protesta politica e sociale. Nato Philip David Ochs a El Paso, Texas, ha iniziato la sua carriera musicale negli anni '50, influenzato da artisti come Woody Guthrie e Pete Seeger. Ochs si distinse per il suo impegno civile e la sua capacità di trasformare eventi politici in testi incisivi e musicalmente coinvolgenti. Le sue canzoni affrontavano temi come la guerra del Vietnam, la disuguaglianza sociale e i diritti civili, guadagnandosi l'appellativo di "topical singer", un termine che lui stesso preferiva a quello di cantautore di protesta. Tra le sue canzoni più famose ricordiamo "Draft Dodger Rag", "I Ain't Marching Anymore" e "Here's to the State of Mississippi". Ochs ha pubblicato numerosi album, tra cui "Phil Ochs Sings", "Gun of Love" e "Pleasures of the Harbor", che hanno contribuito a consolidare la sua posizione come uno dei cantautori di protesta più influenti degli anni '60. La sua musica ha ispirato generazioni di artisti e continua ad essere ascoltata oggi per il suo messaggio di giustizia sociale e la sua potenza evocativa.
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