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Anvilicious: Ochs deliberately wrote in that style; he defined protest songs as "a song that's so specific that you cannot mistake it for bullshit."
Covered Up: Joan Baez's cover of Ochs' song, "There but for Fortune", became much more successful than the original. Ochs sometimes jokingly introduced the song as written by Baez.
Harsher in Hindsight: The verse about alcoholism in "There but for Fortune" becomes even sadder knowing that Ochs became an alcoholic himself:

Show me the whiskey stains on the floor
Show me a drunk as he stumbles out the door
And I'll show you a young man with many reasons why
There but for fortune, go you or I.

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 * [[Anvilicious]]: Ochs deliberately wrote in that style; he defined protest songs as "a song that's so specific that you cannot mistake it for bullshit."
 * [[Covered Up]]: [[Joan Baez]]'s cover of Ochs' song, "There but for Fortune", became much more successful than the original. Ochs sometimes jokingly introduced the song as written by Baez.
 * [[Harsher in Hindsight]]: The verse about alcoholism in "There but for Fortune" becomes even sadder knowing that Ochs became an alcoholic himself:
 {{quote|''Show me the whiskey stains on the floor
-Show me a drunk as he stumbles out the door
+''Show me a drunk as he stumbles out the door
-And I'll show you a young man with many reasons why
+''And I'll show you a young man with many reasons why
-There but for fortune, go you or I.'' }}
+''There but for fortune, go you or I.'' }}
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