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All Quiet on the Western Front Lyrics by Phil Ochs

The Best of the Rest: Rare and Unreleased Recordings

2020

[Verse 1]
The oil is flowing in the ocean so blue
The people are crazy, they don't know what to do
And the famines will follow the freeways so new
And it's all, all quiet on the Western front
[Verse 2]
The murdering missiles they point to the sky
The loyal townspeople are ready to die
And it's ever so lonely to live with a lie
And it's all, all quiet on the Western front
I think I'll join the National Liberation Front
[Verse 3]
The boys on the bases thеy play at the ball
The stock market risеs, the stock market falls
And the high school principal is led to the wall
And it's all, all quiet on the Western front
[Verse 4]
Civilized nations abide by the code
They learn from the victors to do what they're told
Even Israel is marching down Germany's road
And it's all, all quiet on the Western front
I guess I'll join the National Liberation Front
[Verse 5]
The war babies try to crawl back to the womb
Assassins and astronauts race to the moon
And Eisenhower lies like a saint in his tomb
And it's all, all quiet on the Western front
[Verse 6]
I sit on my back porch, I sing on my song
I wait for the earthquake to come with the dawn
If there was a god it wouldn't take him so long
And it's all, all quiet on the Western front
I guess I'll join the American Liberation Front
Credits
Phil Ochs

Phil Ochs

About “All Quiet on the Western Front” by Phil Ochs

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"All Quiet on the Western Front" is credited to Phil Ochs. Songwriting credits may include additional writers listed on the release; check the credits section on this page for linked collaborators.

"All Quiet on the Western Front" appears on "The Best of the Rest: Rare and Unreleased Recordings" in 2020.

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