I Dreamed I Saw Phil Ochs Last Night Lyrics - Billy Bragg

I dreamed I saw Phil Ochs last night 

Alive as you and me 

Says I to Phil "you're ten years dead" 

"I never died" says he 

"I never died" says he 

The music business killed you Phil 

They ignored the things you said 

And cast you out when fashions changed 

Says Phil, "But I ain't dead" 

Says Phil, "But I ain't dead" 

The FBI harassed you Phil 

They smeared you with their lies 

Says he, "But they could never kill what they could not compromise" 

"I never compromised" 

"Though fashions changed and critics sneered" 

"The songs that I have sung" 

"Are just as true tonight as then" 

"The struggle caries on" 

"Our struggle caries on"