Outside of a Small Circle of Friends

MS Paint Theater returns! The song is my cover of "Outside of a Small Circle of Friends" by Phil Ochs and the images are mine. No major concerns with this video although violence, sex, and drug use are touched upon in the song and in the images - nothing graphic.

For this one, I'm reproducing the lyrics in the description so, if you know the song, feel free to skip. :)

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.

Riding down the highway, yes, my back is getting stiff
Thirteen cars are piled up, they're hanging on a cliff.
Maybe we should pull them back with our towing 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.

Sweating in the ghetto with the colored and the poor
The rats have joined the babies who are sleeping 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 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

Smoking marijuana is more fun than drinking 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

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[cheech226]

nice job holly! i remember those days fondly

[akashicmaiden]

Dr.D 2

[Wiskid86]

@pjpjpj32 this is the point of the song...have you ever listened to Phils music it oozes common sense, reason and most importantly loving your fellow man

[pjpjpj32]

@DrKenHildebrandt Uhmmm. Well, even if it was just a "Lovers squabble" I'm pretty sure someone there would of had enough sense to call the cops or chase after him. I do not know. How people could still stand there and watch.

It's what's wrong with today.

[DrKenHildebrandt]

@baharox - The song is based on the story of Kitty Genovese, who was stabbed to death in Queens, New York, on March 13, 1964. It had been reported at the time that there were some 38 onlookers who did nothing, though the number was probably lower than that, and many did not see the entire crime, nor know even whether or not they were simply witnessing a lover's squabble. One man chased the killer off, but he returned to finish the job. Horrible crime, perhaps preventable.

[DrKenHildebrandt]

Excellent job Holli, all the way around!

[baharox]

this is rude

[Pensezfirst]

5 *z for the cover and cheers to MS Paint Theater

[gabbykazzamx]

awsome jobb :)

[annmorrison]

This takes me right back to my protest days. Phil would be proud...good job! 5 stars