Phil Ochs – Love Me Im A Liberal (Guitar)

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I cried when they shot Medgar Evers

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Tears ran down my spine

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I cried when they shot Mr. Kennedy

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As though I'd lost a father of mine

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But Malcolm X got what was coming

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He got what he asked for this time

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So love me, love me, love me, I'm a liberal

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I go to civil rights rallies

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And I put down the old D.A.R.

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I love Harry and Sidney and Sammy

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I hope every colored boy becomes a star

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But don't talk about revolution

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That's going a little bit too far

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So love me, love me, love me, I'm a liberal

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I cheered when Humphrey was chosen

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My faith in the system restored

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I'm glad the commies were thrown out

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Of the A.F.L. C.I.O. board

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I love Puerto Ricans and Negros

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As long as they don't move next door

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So love me, love me, love me, I'm a liberal

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The people of old Mississippi

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Should all hang their heads in shame

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I can't understand how their minds work

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What's the matter don't they watch Les Crane?

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But if you ask me to bus my children

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I hope the cops take down your name

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So love me, love me, love me, I'm a liberal

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I read New Republic and Nation

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I've learned to take every view

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You know, I've memorized Lerner and Golden

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I feel like I'm almost a Jew

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But when it comes to times like korea

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There's no one more red, white and blue

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So love me, love me, love me, I'm a liberal

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I vote for the democtratic party

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They want the U.N. to be strong

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I go to all the Pete Seeger concerts

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He sure gets me singing those songs

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I'll send all the money you ask for

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But don't ask me to come on along

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So love me, love me, love me, I'm a liberal

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Once I was young and impulsive

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I wore every conceivable pin

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Even went to the socialist meetings

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Learned all the old union hymns

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But I've grown older and wiser

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And that's why I'm turning you in

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So love me, love me, love me, I'm a liberal