Outside Of A Small Circle Of Friends Lyrics - Live Again! - Phil Ochs

Oh, look outside the window 

There's a woman being grabbed 

They've dragged her to the bushes 

And now she's being stabbed 

Maybe we should call the cops 

And try to stop the pain 

But Monopoly is so much fun 

I'd hate to blow the game 

And I'm sure 

It wouldn't interest anybody 

Outside of a small circle of friends 

Ridin' down the highway 

Yes, my back is gettin' stiff 

Thirteen cars are piled up 

They're hangin' on a cliff 

Now maybe we should pull them back 

With our towin' chain 

But we gotta move and we might get sued 

And it looks like it's gonna rain 

And I'm sure 

It wouldn't interest anybody 

Outside of a small circle of friends 

Sweatin' in the ghetto 

With the colored and the poor 

The rats have joined the babies 

Who are sleepin' on the floor 

Now wouldn't it be a riot 

If they really blew their tops? 

But they got too much already 

And besides we've got the cops 

And I'm sure 

It wouldn't interest anybody 

Outside of a small circle of friends 

Oh, there's a dirty paper 

Using sex to make a sale 

The Supreme Court was so upset 

They sent him off to jail 

Maybe we should help the fiend 

And take away his fine 

But we're busy reading Playboy 

And the Sunday New York Times 

And I'm sure 

It wouldn't interest anybody 

Outside of a small circle of friends 

Smokin' marihuana 

Is more fun than drinkin' beer 

But a friend of ours was captured 

And they gave him thirty years 

Maybe we should raise our voices 

Ask somebody why 

But demonstrations are a drag 

Besides we're much too high 

And I'm sure 

It wouldn't interest anybody 

Outside of a small circle of friends 

Oh, look outside the window 

There's a woman being grabbed 

They've dragged her to the bushes 

And now she's being stabbed 

Maybe we should call the cops 

And try to stop the pain 

But Monopoly is so much fun 

I'd hate to blow the game 

And I'm sure 

It wouldn't interest anybody 

Outside of a small circle of friends