C D C D
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Look outside the window, there's a woman being grabbed
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C Em F G
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They've dragged her to the bushes and now she's being stabbed
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E Am
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Maybe we should call the cops and try to stop the pain
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F Am Dm G
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But Monopoly is so much fun, I'd hate to blow the game
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C Am Eb
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And I'm sure it wouldn't interest anybody
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Cm F
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Outside of a small circle of friends.
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Riding down the highway, yes, my back is getting stiff
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Thirteen cars are piled up, they're hanging on a cliff.
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Maybe we should pull them back with our towing chain
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But we gotta move and we might get sued and it looks like it's gonna rain
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And I'm sure it wouldn't interest anybody
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Outside of a small circle of friends.
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Sweating in the ghetto with the (colored/Panthers) and the poor
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The rats have joined the babies who are sleeping on the floor
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Now wouldn't it be a riot if they really blew their tops?
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But they got too much already and besides we got the cops
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And I'm sure it wouldn't interest anybody
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Outside of a small circle of friends.
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Oh there's a dirty paper using sex to make a sale
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The Supreme Court was so upset, they sent him off to jail.
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Maybe we should help the fiend and take away his fine. (*)
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But we're busy reading Playboy and the Sunday New York Times
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And I'm sure it wouldn't interest anybody
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Outside of a small circle of friends
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Smoking marihuana is more fun than drinking beer,
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But a friend of ours was captured and they gave him thirty years
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Maybe we should raise our voices, ask somebody why
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But demonstrations are a drag, besides we're much too high
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And I'm sure it wouldn't interest anybody
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Outside of a small circle of friends
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Oh look outside the window, there's a woman being grabbed
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They've dragged her to the bushes and now she's being stabbed
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Maybe we should call the cops and try to stop the pain
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But Monopoly is so much fun, I'd hate to blow the game
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And I'm sure it wouldn't interest anybody
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Outside of a small circle of friends
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[ Additional verse, 1974 ]
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Down in Santiago where they took away our mines
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We cut off all their money so they robbed the storehouse blind
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Now maybe we should ask some questions, maybe shed a tear
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But I bet you a copper penny, it cannot happen here
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And I'm sure it wouldn't interest anybody
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Outside of a small circle of friends
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Outside Of A Small Circle Of Friends
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| Phil Ochs |
