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Categories: Foreign Policy, Peace and Armed Conflict, Arts and Culture, Front Page
The words of folk musician and anti-war protester Phil Ochs, who spent much of his brief life in Columbus and Cleveland, still resonate 30 years later:
When we butchered your son, boys
When we butchered your son
Have a stick of our gum, boys
Have a stick of our bubble-gum
We own half the world, oh say can you see
The name for our profits is democracy
So, like it or not, you will have to be free
'Cause we're the Cops of the World, boys
We're the Cops of the World
Although he was a prolific songwriter, Ochs was never commercially successful. He's probably best known for "I Ain't Marching Anymore" and "Outside a Small Circle of Friends" (which was removed from radio airplay when people complained about the "Smoking marijuana is more fun than drinking beer" lyric).
In my quickie research on Ochs, I found this Boy in Ohio tune which gave me fond memories of 3.2 beer.
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