Bound For Glory Lyrics - Singles - Phil Ochs

He walked all over his own growin' land 

From the New York island to the California sand 

He saw all the people that needed to be seen 

Planted all the grass where it needed to be green 

And now he's bound for a glory all his own 

And now he is bound for glory 

He wrote and he sang and he rode upon the rails 

And he got on board when the sailors had to sail 

He said all the words that needed to be said 

He fed all the hungry souls that needed to be fed 

And now he's bound for a glory all his own 

And now he is bound for glory 

He sang in our streets and he sang in our halls 

And he was always there when the unions gave a call 

He did all the jobs that needed to be done 

And he always stood his ground when a smaller man would run 

And now he's bound for a glory all his own 

And now he is bound for glory 

And its pastures of plenty wrote the dust bowl balladeer 

And this land is your land, he wanted us to hear 

And the risin' of the unions will be sung about again 

Deportees live on through the power of his pen 

And now he's bound for a glory all his own 

And now he is bound for glory 

Now they sing out his praises on every distant shore 

But so few remember what he was fightin' for 

Oh, why sing the songs and forget about the aim? 

He wrote them for a reason, why not sing them for the same 

For now he's bound for a glory all his own 

And now he is bound for glory