SINGER: Phil Ochs

SONG:Heres To The State Of Richard Nixon

Here's to the state of richard nixonphil ochswritten by phil ochs - this song is a rewrite of his earlier song "here's to the state of mississippi"here's to the state of richard nixonfor underneath his borders the devil draws the lineif you drag his muddy rivers nameless bodies you will findand the fat trees of the forest have hid a thousand crimesand the calendar is lyin' when it reads the present timeoh, here's to the land you've torn out the heart ofrichard nixon, find yourself another country to be part ofand here's to the schools of richard nixonwhere they're teachin' all the children they don't have to careall the rudiments of hatred are present everywhereand every single classroom is a factory of despairoh, there's nobody learnin' such a foreign word as "fair"oh, here's to the land you've torn out the heart ofrichard nixon, find yourself another country to be part ofand here's to the laws of richard nixonwhere the wars are fought in secret, pearl harbor every dayhe punishes with income tax that he don't have to payand he's tapping his own brother just to hear what he would saybut corruption can be classic in the richard nixon wayoh, here's to the land you've torn out the heart ofrichard nixon find yourself another country to be part ofand here's to the churches of richard nixon and billy grahamwhere the cross, once made of silver, now is caked with rustand the sunday mornin' sermons pander to their lustall the fallen face of jesus is chokin' in the dustand heaven only knows in which god they can trustoh, here's to the land you've torn out the heart ofrichard nixon find yourself another country to be part ofand here's to the government of richard nixonin the swamp of their bureaucracy they're always boggin' downand criminals are posing as advisors to the crownand they hope that no one sees the sights and no one hears the soundand the speeches of the president are the ravings of a clownoh, here's to the land you've torn out the heart ofrichard nixon find yourself another country to be part of