Phil Ochs - Fifty Mile Hike LYRICS

Some people never get their feet on the ground,

Theyre either sitting in a chair or theyre laying down

Their bellies are hanging down on their knees,

Its almost a national emergency.

Fifty miles, keep a-walking,

Twenty-five miles and youre 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

Hes 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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Rockefellers happy with his brand new wife,

And richard nixons 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, thats the way to go.

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While everybodys 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 its about the only cure, for an overweight brain.

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