Phil Ochs : la paix maintenant.

Depuis quelques jours j'aime bien réécouter des chansons pacifistes, voire antimilitaristes. Phil Ochs est l'archétype du chanteur engagé américain des années 60. Voici une des ses plus célébre chanson I Ain't Marching Anymore. Si tous les soldats du Moyen Orient pouvaient dire aussi ça suffit, je ne marche plus...

 
Oh I marched to the battle of   New Orleans
 At the end of the early British war
The young land started growing
The young blood started flowing
But I ain't marchin' anymore  
 For I've killed my share of Indians
In a thousand different fights
I was there at the Little Big Horn
I heard many men lying
I saw many more dying
But I ain't marchin' anymore  
 
 
It's always the old to lead us to the war
It's always the young to fall
Now look at all we've won with the sabre and the gun
Tell me is it worth it all  
 
For I stole alifornia  from the Mexican land
Fought in the bloody Civil War
Yes I even killed my brother
And so many others
And I ain't marchin' anymore  
 
For I marched to the battles of the German trench
In a war that was bound to end all wars
Oh I must have killed a million men
And now they want me back again
But I ain't marchin' anymore  
 
(chorus)  
 
For I flew the final mission in the Japanese sky
Set off the mighty mushroom roar
When I saw the cities burning
I knew that I was learning
That I ain't marchin' anymore 
 Now the labor leader's screamin' when they close the missile plants,
United Fruit screams at the Cuban shore,
Call it "Peace" or call it "Treason,"
Call it "Love" or call it "Reason,"
But I ain't marchin' any more.