Centuries took holidays
Before these days
Became desperately clear
That chariots full of christmas cheer
Could never draw the child near
But this year
One of the last remaining years
Santa claus is a sniper
On the roof of macy's
Picking off the customers
Splattering packages
And miscellaneous toes
Everywhere.

Missionaries built milleniums
And caravans of cucumbers were exchanged
Before the sin of sharing was uncovered
And the chocolate bayonets were deranged
But this year
One of the last remaining years
The soul brother reindeer
Having nothing but nothing to fear
Have destroyed all possessions
As the holiest of gifts.

Hymns have swallowed histories
And faded into love
Before a winter full of autumns
Had covered up their harmonies
But this year
Though one of the last remaining years
The fading matinee idol
Clutching the memories
Of his almost unforgettable performance
Turns sadly away
From the diminishing applause
Of his most terrified believers.

• All My Heroes Are Dead
• As I Walk Alone
• Ballad of The Cuban Invasion
• Bwatue
• Chaplain of The War
• Davey Moore
• Doesn't Lenny Live Here Anymore
• Encores
• Fallen Star
• Fifty Mile Hike
• Firehouse 35
• First Snow
• Freedom Riders
• Green Hills
• Hands
• Here's to The State of Richard Nixon
• How High's The Watergate
• How Long
• Hunger & Cold
• I Dreamed I Saw Phil Ochs Last Night
• I Like Hitler
• It's Been a Long, Long Story
• Just One of Those Days
• Kansas City Bomber
• Keep The Change
• Legends
• Love is a Rainbow
• Maintaining Law & Order
• Monroe Town
• Morning
• My Life
• Never Again
• New Town
• Niko Mchumba Ngombe
• On Her Hand a Golden Ring
• Phil
• Phil Ochs
• Phil Ochs, Bob Dylan, Steve Goodman, David Blue & Me
• Pretty Smart on My Part
• Rehearsals for Retirement
• Sailors & Soldiers
• Sing Along With Me
• Take It Out of My Youth
• Talking Plane Disaster
• The Ballad of John Train
• The Ballad of Sonny Liston
• The Confession
• The Day
• The Parade's Still Passing By
• The Sad & Silent Song of a Soldier
• The Shoals of Herring
• Thirsty Boots
• This Old World is Changing Hands
• United Fruit
• Viet Nam
• We Seek No Wider War
• What Are You Fighting For
• When First Unto This Country
• Where There's a Will There's a Way
• Where Were You in Chicago?
• You Can't Get Stoned Enough
• You Should Have Been Down in Mississppi