"Remember Me" by Phil Ochs

 Former Carbon County resident Al Zagofsky sent me the words to a Phil Ochs song.  It has a four verses and a chorus.  I’ll just print two of the verses and the chorus, which is repeated after each verse. 

Oh, I am the Unknown Soldier who died in World War Two

I didn’t want to fight, it was the only thing to do.

I was the victim of a world that went insane–

Will you show me that I didn’t die in vain.

Remember me, when the crosses are a burnin’,

Remember me, when the racists come around.

Remember me, when the tides of peace are turnin’,

Remember me and please don’t let me down.

When the Fascists started marching many millions had to pay;

We saw them rise to power but we looked the other way.

It happened once before and it can happen once again–

Will you show me that I didn’t die in vain.

repeat chorus