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Quotes from Pleasures of the Harbor — Phil Ochs

1940–1976 United States

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Chosen for a challenge that is hopelessly hard
And the only single sound is the sighing of the stars
But to the silence and distance they are sworn.

Pleasures of the Harbor (1967)

And I'm sure it wouldn't interest anybody
Outside of a small circle of friends.

Pleasures of the Harbor (1967)

The painter paints his brushes black
Through the canvas runs a crack
Portrait of the pain never answers back.

Pleasures of the Harbor (1967)

I'm gonna give all I've got to give
Cross my heart, and I hope to live.

Pleasures of the Harbor (1967)

And God help the critic of the dawn.

Pleasures of the Harbor (1967)

I watched my life fade-away in a flash
A quarter of a century dash through closets full of candles with never a room
For rapture through a kingdom had been captured.

Pleasures of the Harbor (1967)

Images of innocence charge him go on
But the decadence of destiny is looking for a pawn
To a nightmare of knowledge he opens up the gate
And a blinding revelation is laid upon his plate
That beneath the greatest love is a hurricane of hate
And God help the critic of the dawn.

Pleasures of the Harbor (1967)

Time takes her toll and the memory fades
but his glory is broken, in the magic that he made.
Reality is ruined; it's the freeing from the fear
The drama is distorted, to what they want to hear
Swimming in their sorrow, in the twisting of a tear
As they wait for a new thrill parade.

Pleasures of the Harbor (1967)

So dance dance dance
Teach us to be true
Come dance dance dance
'Cause we love you

Pleasures of the Harbor (1967)

Smoking marijuana 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.

Pleasures of the Harbor (1967)

Attribution

Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Phil Ochs (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.