Phil Ochs

Remember Me

Phil Ochs


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Oh, I am the Unknown Soldier who died in World War Two.
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I didn't want to fight, it was the only thing to do.
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E|was| the victim of a world that went insane--
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Will you show me that I didn't die in vain.

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    Remember me, when the crosses are a burnin',
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    Remember me, when the racists come around.
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    Remember me, when the tides of peace are turnin',
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    Remember me and please don't let me down.

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On the South Pacific Islands and the Iwo Jima sands
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We raised the flag of freedom over many distant lands
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And every time I killed a man my own heartfelt the pain--
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Will you show me that I didn't die in vain.

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    Remember me, when the crosses are a burnin',
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    Remember me, when the racists come around.
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    Remember me, when the tides of peace are turnin',
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    Remember me and please don't let me down.

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And I carried my old rifle to the European shore
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And every friend that died made me die a little more.
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Have pity on the man who put a bullet through my brain
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And show me that I didn't die in vain.

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    Remember me, when the crosses are a burnin',
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    Remember me, when the racists come around.
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    Remember me, when the tides of peace are turnin',
             A      G            D   A  D
    Remember me and please don't let me down.
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When the Fascists started marching many millions had to pay;
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We saw them rise to power but we looked the other way.
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It happened once before and it can happen once again--
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Will you show me that I didn't die in vain.

             G                          D
    Remember me, when the crosses are a burnin',
             A                          D
    Remember me, when the racists come around.
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    Remember me, when the tides of peace are turnin',
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    Remember me and please don't let me down.