I'm Going To Say It Now (LP Version)

Song I'm Going To Say It Now (LP Version)
Artist Phil Ochs
Album There But For Fortune

Lyrics

[00:03.00] Oh I am just a student,sir
[00:04.80] And only want to learn
[00:07.20] But it's hard to read through the risein' smoke
[00:09.90] Of the books that you like to burn
[00:12.20] So I'd like to make promise
[00:14.80] And I'd like to make a vow
[00:16.10] That when I've got something to say,sir
[00:18.90] I'm gonna say it now
[00:22.20] Oh you've given me a number
[00:24.70] And you've taken off my name
[00:27.40] To get around this campus
[00:28.90] Why, you almost need a plane
[00:31.30] And you're supporting Chang Kai-Shek
[00:34.00] While I'm supporting Mao
[00:35.90] So when I've got something to say, sir
[00:38.40] I'm gonna say it now
[00:42.70] I wish that you'd make up your mind
[00:44.70] I wish that you'd decide
[00:46.50] That I should live as freely
[00:49.40] As those who live outside
[00:51.85] Cause we also are entitled
[00:54.00] To the rights to be endowed
[00:56.10] And when I've got something to say,sir
[00:58.20] I'm gonna say it now
[01:03.00] Ooh,you'd like to be my father
[01:04.95] You'd like to be my dad
[01:07.05] And give me kisses when I'm good
[01:09.20] And spank me when I'm bad
[01:12.45] But since I've left my parents
[01:15.00] I've forgotten how to bow
[01:17.15] So when I've got something to say,sir
[01:19.45] I'm gonna say it now
[01:25.75] And things they might be different
[01:27.85] If I was here alone
[01:30.45] But I've got a friend or two
[01:33.10] Who no longer live at home
[01:35.00] And we'll respect our elders
[01:37.50] Just as long as they allow
[01:39.55] That when I've got something to say,sir
[01:41.75] I'm gonna say it now
[01:46.45] I've read of other countries
[01:48.25] Where the students take a stand
[01:50.76] Maybe even help to overthrow
[01:53.50] The leaders of the land
[01:56.40] Now I wouldn't go so far to say
[01:59.00] We're also learning how
[02:00.50] But when I've got something to say,sir
[02:03.00] I'm gonna say it now
[02:06.35] So keep right on a-talkin'
[02:08.15] And tall us what to do
[02:11.00] If nobody listens
[02:12.68] My apologies to you
[02:16.01] And I know that you were younger once
[02:18.75] Cause you sure are older now
[02:21.00] And when I've got something to say,sir
[02:22.85] I'm gonna say it now
[02:26.00] So I am just a student, sir
[02:28.45] And only want to learn,sir
[02:31.39] But it's hard to read through the risein' smoke
[02:34.45] Of the books that you like to burn
[02:36.80] So I'd like to make a promise
[02:39.55] And I'd like to make a vow
[02:42.00] That when I've got something to say,sir
[02:43.50] I'm gonna say it now