Phil Ochs, Bob Dylan, Steve Goodman, David Blue And Me Lyrics - John Wesley Harding

At night, he sits alone and he's looking at the stars 

He listens to them playing guitars 

Him and Phil go back a long long way 

They talked about marching and dying all in one day 

They played songs together, they sit up past the dawn 

I wonder why this dream goes on 

You know Bob was there last week as well 

He's a quiet guy but he's got stories to tell 

Our hero sits and listens without asking why 

And teaches Bob A minor with a glint in his eye 

Bob used it on Hollis Brown, but that was sometime ago 

When is this dream gonna stop? Heaven knows 

Then our hero picks up his guitar 

To play them the only tune he knows 

He played it to me once 

He said 'Wes, it's short, but this is how it goes?' 

And then he sings 

'This is the only thing that really matters 

Keeps me going, retains my sanity 

The nights I spend alone when there's just 

Phil Ochs, Bob Dylan, Steve Goodman, David Blue and me' 

Stevie died and David died 

But only to the papers that live outside 

Last Thursday they were in the room where he sits 

The three of them making jokes about the meager obits 

Steve and David smiled and they left quite soon 

He wonders about that dream as he looks at the stars and the moon 

Sometimes he has a party for him and the crew 

They turn up on time just cos they always do 

And Phil plays I Ain't Marching, it's his favorite song 

And Bob plays harmonica but he plays it all wrong 

And Steve harmonizes like he did with John Prine 

David just sits and looks blue all the time 

Then the time comes round again 

They all sit and listen to our hero playing 

He says 'You've heard it all before' 

But they like it so they shout 'encore' 

And then he sings, it's a dream come true 

'This is the only thing that really matters 

Keeps me going, retains my sanity 

The nights I spend alone when there's just 

Phil Ochs, Bob Dylan, Steve Goodman, David Blue and me 

And me 

Phil Ochs, Bob Dylan, Steve Goodman, David Blue and me'