Language   

All Quiet On The Western Front

Phil Ochs
Language: English


Phil Ochs

List of versions


Related Songs

The Iron Lady
(Phil Ochs)
Mississippi
(Charyn Sutton)
The Thresher
(Phil Ochs)


filippo.
[?]
Lyrics and Music by Phil Ochs
Never recorded on LP

[data di composizione ignota]
Testo e musica di Phil Ochs
mai registrata in album

Bill Curtis supplied the lyrics and says: "In an interview with Phil in July 1969 Phil mentions a new song that he wrote called ``All Quiet On The Western Front''. He sang it at a rally following his performance at Carneige Hall that year. He mentions one line from the song "I think I'll join the National Liberation Front". The song appears to have not been released nor does it appear in Broadside. Perhaps it was never sung again."

Update: Bill said that he exchanged e-mail with a person who said that he saw Phil Ochs sing this song at a demonstration in Central Park. He also said that the record company would not allow Phil to record the song because they objected to a line in the song which Phil refused to take out.

Apparently, a recording of this was unearthed recently (though I've never heard it) since several people sent me the lyrics at about the same time. In addition to Bill, I got contributions from Rob Geller and Karl Pascal (who supplied the first two verses, though, as you can see, he couldn't quite make out the first one).

from this page/Da questa pagina
The [...] are [...]
[...]
hear so much news
[...] follow [...]
the freeways [...] used
It's all quiet on the western front

The murdering missiles
they want to fly
While thousands of people
are ready to die
It's ever so lonely
to live the lie
And it's all quiet on the western front

I guess I'll join the National Liberation Front

The boys on the bases
They play at the ball
The stock market crashes
The stock market falls
And the high school principal
is led to the wall
And it's all quiet on the western front

The civilized nations
abide by the code
They learn from the victors
to do what they're told
Even Israel's marching
down Germany's road
And it's all quiet on the western front

I think I'll join the National Liberation Front

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 quiet on the western front

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
wouldn't take him so long
And it's all quiet on the western front

I guess I'll join the American Liberation Front

Contributed by Riccardo Venturi - 2005/8/20 - 14:24



Language: Italian

Versione italiana di Riccardo Venturi
16 ottobre 2005
TUTTO TRANQUILLO SUL FRONTE OCCIDENTALE

I […] sono […]
[…]
senti tante notizie
[…] seguono […]
le superstrade […] utilizzate
è tutto tranquillo sul fronte occidentale

I missili assassini
vogliono volare
mentre migliaia di persone
stanno per morire
fa sentire così soli
vivere nella menzogna
e tutto è tranquillo sul fronte occidentale

Penso che entrerò nel Fronte di Liberazione Nazionale

I ragazzi nelle basi
giocano a pallone
la borsa crolla
e il preside della scuola
viene messo al muro
e tutto è tranquillo sul fronte occidentale

Le nazioni civili
si attengono al codice
imparano dai vincitori
a fare quel che si dice loro
persino Israele sta marciando
sulle strade della Germania,
e tutto è tranquillo sul fronte occidentale

Penso che entrerò nel Fronte di Liberazione Nazionale

I figli di guerra tentano di strisciare
indietro in pancia alla mamma
assassini e astronauti
corrono verso la luna
e Eisenhower mente come un santo
nella sua tomba
e tutto è tranquillo sul fronte occidentale

Sto seduto nella veranda sul retro
e continuo a cantare la mia canzone
sto aspettando che il terremoto
arrivi all’alba
se ci fosse un Dio
non la farebbe tanto lunga
è tutto è tranquillo sul fronte occidentale

Penso che entrerò nel Fronte di Liberazione Nazionale.

2005/10/16 - 07:57


Qualcuno di voi che conosca gli accordi di questo dimenticato capolavoro? Grazie.

Matteo Anastasi - 2013/6/23 - 10:42




Main Page

Please report any error in lyrics or commentaries to antiwarsongs@gmail.com

Note for non-Italian users: Sorry, though the interface of this website is translated into English, most commentaries and biographies are in Italian and/or in other languages like French, German, Spanish, Russian etc.




hosted by inventati.org