Fifty Mile Hike Lyrics - Phil Ochs

Some people never get their feet on the ground, 

They're either sitting in a chair or they're laying down 

Their bellies are hanging down on their knees, 

It's almost a national emergency. 

Fifty miles, keep a-walking, 

Twenty-five miles and you're almost there, 

Fifty miles no use a-talkin', 

Better get in step with the new frontier. 

Well, the president put on his walkin' shoes 

He had a country with 30 millions pounds to lose 

He remembered a promise he made 'way back when 

He's gonna get the country movin' again. 

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Then everybody started getting into the act 

Even sallinger left but he soon came back 

On his return he was heard to say 

Fifty miles a day keeps republicans away 

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Rockefeller's happy with his brand new wife, 

And richard nixon's done enough running for life 

And lyndon johnson is too busy a man 

And joseph p. kennedy bought out tom mccann. 

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So I decided I would carry my load 

I grabbed a carton of cigarettes and I hit the road, 

The golf clubs were heavy and the gin was slow 

If you want to get healthy, that's the way to go. 

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While everybody's goin' out and havin' fun 

They ought to lose some weight in more ways than one 

Fity miles of thinking is a heavy strain 

But it's about the only cure, for an overweight brain. 

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