Phil Ochs
Gonna Do What I Have To Do
[Verse 1]
All around this country, there's trouble in the air
I hear voices calling me
Asking "Do you know, do you care?
Do you know or do you care?"
[Verse 2]
One thing I know, I know we're not alone
There was a million here before we came
There'll be a million more when we're gone
A million when we're gone
[Chorus]
I'm gonna do what I have to do
Say what I have to say
I'm gonna be what I have to be
Won't you come along, along with me?
Won't you come along with me?
[Verse 3]
Don't want to causе no sorrow
Don't want to cause no pain
I'm only gonna cause what I have to causе
Until this land is free of shame
Until this land is free of shame
[Chorus]
I'm gonna do what I have to do
Say what I have to say
I'm gonna be what I have to be
Won't you come along, along with me?
Won't you come along with me?
[Chorus]
I'm gonna do what I have to do
Say what I have to say
I'm gonna be what I have to be
Won't you come along, along with me?
Won't you come along with me?
[Verse 4]
I'm afraid of trouble and I'm afraid of jail
But I'm more afraid not to try
More afraid of what happens now if we fail
What happens now if we fail
[Chorus]
I'm gonna do what I have to do
Say what I have to say
I'm gonna be what I have to be
Won't you come along, along with me?
Won't you come along with me?
I'm gonna do what I have to do
Say what I have to say
I'm gonna be what I have to be
Won't you come along, along with me?
Won't you come along with me?
Won't you come along with me?
Won't you come along with me?
Won't you come along with me?