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<p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{Library work|title=Lou Marsh|author=Phil Ochs|published_date=1964|type=Song}}<br />
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== Lyrics ==<br />
On the streets of New York City when the hour was getting late<br />
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There were young men armed with knives and guns, young men armed with hate<br />
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And Lou Marsh stepped between them and died there in his tracks<br />
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For one man is no army when the city turns its back<br />
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=== Chorus: ===<br />
And now the streets are empty, now the streets are dark<br />
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So keep an eye on shadows and never pass the park<br />
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For the city is a jungle when the law is out of sight<br />
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And death lurks in El Barrio with the orphans of the night<br />
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He left behind the chambers of the church he served so long<br />
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For he learned the prayers of distant men will never right the wrongs<br />
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His church became an alley and his pulpit was the street<br />
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He made his congregation from the boys he used to meet<br />
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=== Chorus ===<br />
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There were two gangs approaching in Spanish Harlem town<br />
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The smell of blood was in the air, the challenge was laid down<br />
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He felt their blinding hatred, and he tried to save their lives<br />
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And the answer that they gave him was their fists and feet and knives<br />
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=== Chorus ===<br />
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Will Lou Marsh lie forgotten in his cold and silent grave?<br />
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Will his memory still linger on, in those he tried to save?<br />
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And all of us who knew him will now and then recall<br />
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And shed a tear on poverty, tombstone of us all<br />
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=== Chorus ===<br />
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[[Category:Library works by Phil Ochs]]</div>Connolly1916