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   I 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 fashion's changed and critics sneered   The songs that I have sung   Are just as true tonight as then   The struggle carries on   The struggle carries on"      When the song of freedom rings out loud   From valleys and from hills   Where people stand up for their rights   Phil Ochs is with us still   Phil Ochs inspires us still