Outside Of A Small Circle Of Friends Lyrics by Phil Ochs

Outside Of A Small Circle Of Friends Lyrics

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    Look outside the window, there's a woman being grabbed
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    They've dragged her to the bushes and now she's being stabbed
    E am
    Maybe we should call the cops and try to stop the pain
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    But monopoly is so much fun, i'd hate to blow the game
    C am eb
    And i'm sure it wouldn't interest anybody
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    Outside of a small circle of friends.

    Riding down the highway, yes, my back is getting stiff
    Thirteen cars are piled up, they're hanging on a cliff.
    Maybe we should pull them back with our towing chain
    But we gotta move and we might get sued and it looks like it's gonna rain
    And i'm sure it wouldn't interest anybody
    Outside of a small circle of friends.

    Sweating in the ghetto with the (colored/panthers) and the poor
    The rats have joined the babies who are sleeping on the floor
    Now wouldn't it be a riot if they really blew their tops?
    But they got too much already and besides we got the cops
    And i'm sure it wouldn't interest anybody
    Outside of a small circle of friends.

    Oh there's a dirty paper using sex to make a sale
    The supreme court was so upset, they sent him off to jail.
    Maybe we should help the fiend and take away his fine. (*)
    But we're busy reading playboy and the sunday new york times
    And i'm sure it wouldn't interest anybody
    Outside of a small circle of friends

    Smoking marihuana is more fun than drinking beer,
    But a friend of ours was captured and they gave him thirty years
    Maybe we should raise our voices, ask somebody why
    But demonstrations are a drag, besides we're much too high
    And i'm sure it wouldn't interest anybody
    Outside of a small circle of friends

    Oh look outside the window, there's a woman being grabbed
    They've dragged her to the bushes and now she's being stabbed
    Maybe we should call the cops and try to stop the pain
    But monopoly is so much fun, i'd hate to blow the game
    And i'm sure it wouldn't interest anybody
    Outside of a small circle of friends

    [ additional verse, 1974 ]
    Down in santiago where they took away our mines
    We cut off all their money so they robbed the storehouse blind
    Now maybe we should ask some questions, maybe shed a tear
    But i bet you a copper penny, it cannot happen here
    And i'm sure it wouldn't interest anybody
    Outside of a small circle of friends

    /pre>

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