Dec 21, 2025
"to face the unspoken unguarded thoughts of habitual hearts
a vanguard of electricians, a village full of tarts
who say you must protest, you must protest,
it is your diamond duty
ah, but in such an ugly time, the true protest is beauty
and the bleeding seer crawled from the ruins of the empire
and stood bleeding, bleeding on the border
he said, passion has led to chaos and now chaos will lead to order
Oh I have been away for a while and I hope to be back again soon."
liner notes, Pleasures of the Harbor, Phil Ochs. 1967.
