That was the president
Phil ochsAs the angry seas have struck upon the sand
And it seemed as though a friendless world had lost itself a friend
That was the President and that was the man.
I still can see him smiling there and waving at the crowd
As he drove through the music of the band
And never even knowing no more time would be allowed
Not for the President and not for the man.
Here's a memory to share, here's a memory to save
Of the sudden early ending of command
Yet a part of you and a part of me is buried in his grave
That was the President and that was the man.
It's not only for the leader that the sorrow hits so hard
There are greater things I'll never understand
How a man so filled with life, even death was caught off guard.
That was the President and that was the man.
Every thing he might have done and all he could have been
Was proven by the troubled traitors hand
For what other death could wound the hearts of so many men
That was the President and that was the man.
Yes, the glory that was Lincoln's never died when he was slain
It's been carried over time and time again
And to the list of honor you may add another name
That was the President and that was the man.
That was the President and that was the man.
Here is an older version of the song, supplied by Cody Gillespie-Lynch
On a South Pacific ocean, on a South Pacific shore,
A legend was written on the sand,
For a man of peace was born in the middle of a war
Mais ouvidas de Phil ochs
ver todas as músicas- I Dreamed I Saw Phil Ochs Last Night
- My Life
- As I Walk Alone
- Too Many Martyrs
- Hands
- Flower Lady
- I Ain't Marching Anymore
- The Bells
- A Year to Go By
- Talkin' Pay TV
- A.M.A. Song
- On Her Hand a Golden Ring
- Just One Of Those Days
- Another Age
- Freedom Riders
- Legends
- Links On The Chain
- Bullets Of Mexico
- When First Unto This Country
- Pleasures of the Harbor