Phil Ochs - The Ballad Of The Carpenter Lyrics

Christ, forever lord

Compelling!

What a genius this man is so needed and so missed

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Wow, Jesus was like the first communist

Jesus was a working man
And a hero you will hear
Born in the town of Bethlehem
At the turning of the year
At the turning of the year

When Jesus was a little lad
Streets rang with his name
For he argued with the older men
And put them all to shame
He put them all to shame

He became a wandering journeyman
And he traveled far and wide
And he noticed how wealth and poverty
Live always side by side
Live always side by side

So he said, "Come all you working men
Farmers and weavers too
If you would only stand as one
This world belongs to you
This world belongs to you"

When the rich men heard what the carpenter had done
To the Roman troops they ran
Saying put this rebel Jesus down
He's a menace to God and man
He's a menace to God and man

The commander of the occupying troops
Just laughed and then he said
"There's a cross to spare on Calvaries hill
By the weekend he'll be dead
By the weekend he'll be dead"

Now Jesus walked among the poor
For the poor were his own kind
And they'd never let them get near enough
To take him from behind
To take him from behind

So they hired one of the traders trade
And an informer was he
And he sold his brother to the butchers men
For a fistful of silver money
For a fistful of silver money

And Jesus sat in the prison cell
And they beat him and offered him bribes
To desert the cause of his fellow man
And work for the rich men's tribe
To work for the rich men's tribe

And the sweat stood out on Jesus' brow
And the blood was in his eye
When they nailed his body to the Roman cross
And they laughed as they watched him die
They laughed as they watched him die

Two thousand years have passed and gone
Many a hero too
But the dream of this poor carpenter
Remains in the hands of you
Remains in the hands of you

My favorite Phil Ochs song, no hymn! Karita Hummer

Thanks very much!

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Yeah, this song is absolute TRUTH. Not the totally perverted brainwashing known as "Christianity" that is used AGAINST the poor and middle for the benefit of the INSATIABLE GREEDY, GENOCIDAL 1%.

I love the song about Jesus from Phil oaks he did a great job it reminds me of the song Jesus CHRIST that Woody Guthrey sang or any of Johnny Cash songs about Jesus from Phil oaks

Woody WROTE the song about the GREED who murdered Jesus (as they are doing every day even still), he didn't just sing it. :-}

I mean, seriously, look around you. There are only like 80 references to Phil Ochs, and yet you spelled it oaks, not once, but twice!!! You must truly be a big fan. LOL. Btw, Guthrie is also misspelled. Do you work at this?

Be sure to check out the Facebook group Celebrating Phil Ochs' 75th Birthday and the Celebrating Phil Ochs website.

Such a beautiful voice....New to me even though I was generously exposed to 1960's folk music when I was young.

The melodies were Bob Gibson's; the lyrics were by the mighty Ewan MacColl. Phil performed and recorded this at a time when Ewan was still being refused a visa to enter the USA. Soon after he was allowed entry. One of the most important, and wonderful, things about Phil was he always would raise awareness of prejudice, of hate and of injustice; he publicised the courage, the struggle and the self-sacrifice of the unseen many who brought hope to people who had none; listen to Celia, Lou Marsh, The Ballad of Jimmy Meredith, Outside of a Small Circle of Friends, and you will understand. Always in my heart, Phil.

Thanks for your informative comment ...

Phil Ochs was a beautiful person, and every reference to Jesus in the song is a reflection of all of us. We are Jesus we are God, believe in your own power to change the universe...united we are ONE!

Phil recorded this at a time when Ewan MacColl had been tagged a "Commie" and was being denied an entry visa to America. Phil being the great man that he was, he drew attention to yet another US injustice.

@Winterlight Soul Indeed

Phil Ochs was a good man. O mundo sería un lugar mellor con xente coma el. The world needs songs lke these. Thanks from Galicia.

Extraordinaire chanson de Phil Ochs . Comment peut on se lasser d'écouter un tel chanteur?Tout est beau : les chansons - les paroles - le chan teur ;la voix. Quel dommage qu'il n'ait jamais été reconnu de son vivant.

He got some melodies from Bob Gibson, I believe. That doesn't stop Phil from being my hero, however.

That was COMMON PRACTICE in folk music, the sharing of excellent melodies to tell stories that need to be told. That's what folks did, before INSATIABLE GREED PERVERTED ALL LIFE on this planet. We could still live in communites of sharing, if 90% of us weren't willing to be destroyed by 1%. 9% of us know this is all wrong.

thank you for exsisting.
<3

I was going to sarcastically compare this to The Highwayman or The Bells, under the assumption that you meant the lyrics or tune were Phil's. Then it hit me that you might have been referring to how Phil's story is in some ways similar to the story told in the song, meaning a better comparison might be to...well, anything from Rehearsals really.

reminds me of Phil Ochs

Gee, it's almost as though the man, and the men who wrote the songs, had a point.

It reminds me of the Rebel Jesus by Jackson Browne

this reminds me of "Jesus Christ" by Woody Guthrie :)