One Way Ticket Home
"One Way Ticket Home" | |
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Song by Phil Ochs | |
from the album Greatest Hits | |
Published | 1970 |
Released | 1970 |
Genre | Rock |
Length | 2:39 |
Label | A&M |
Songwriter(s) | Phil Ochs |
Producer(s) | Van Dyke Parks and Andrew Wickham |
"One Way Ticket Home" | ||||
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![]() Promotional copy of "One Way Ticket Home" | ||||
Single by Phil Ochs | ||||
B-side | "My Kingdom for a Car" | |||
Released | 1972 | |||
Genre | Rock | |||
Length | 2:39 | |||
Label | A&M | |||
Songwriter(s) | Phil Ochs | |||
Producer(s) | Van Dyke Parks | |||
Phil Ochs singles chronology | ||||
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"One Way Ticket Home" is a 1970 song by Phil Ochs, an American singer-songwriter best known for the protest songs he wrote in the 1960s.
"One Way Ticket Home" is the first song on Greatest Hits, which—despite its title—was a collection of new songs.[1] Musically, it signals a return by Ochs to his musical roots in country music and early rock and roll.[2]
In the song, Ochs announces that he wants to buy a "one-way ticket home". Inspired by a recent Elvis concert in Las Vegas, Ochs declares "Elvis Presley is the king/I was at his crowning." But something is wrong: "My life just flashed before my eyes/I must be drowning." Referring to the political climate in the United States, Ochs says he "would be in exile now/But everywhere's the same" and decides he wants a "one-way ticket home".[3][4]
References
- ^ Schumacher, Michael (1996). There But for Fortune: The Life of Phil Ochs. New York: Hyperion. p. 226. ISBN 0-7868-6084-7.
- ^ Schumacher, p. 224.
- ^ Eliot, Marc (1989) [1979]. Death of a Rebel: A Biography of Phil Ochs. New York: Franklin Watts. pp. 189, 192–193. ISBN 0-531-15111-5.
- ^ Schumacher, p. 223.
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- Phil Ochs in Concert
- Gunfight at Carnegie Hall
- There and Now: Live in Vancouver 1968
- Live at Newport
- Amchitka, The 1970 Concert That Launched Greenpeace
- Sings for Broadside
- A Toast to Those Who Are Gone
- The Broadside Tapes 1
- The Early Years
- On My Way
compilations
- Chords of Fame
- The War Is Over: The Best of Phil Ochs
- There but for Fortune
- Farewells & Fantasies
- American Troubadour
- 20th Century Masters – The Millennium Collection: The Best of Phil Ochs
- Cross My Heart: An Introduction to Phil Ochs
- "Power and the Glory"
- "I Ain't Marching Any More"
- "Cross My Heart"
- "Outside of a Small Circle of Friends"
- "The War Is Over"
- "My Life"
- "One Way Ticket Home"
- "Kansas City Bomber"
- "Bwatue"
- "Crucifixion"
- "Draft Dodger Rag"
- "Here's to the State of Mississippi"
- "Love Me, I'm a Liberal"
- "There but for Fortune"
- "Vietnam Talking Blues"
- List of songs recorded by Phil Ochs
- Chords of Fame (1984)
- Phil Ochs: There but for Fortune (2011)
- Get Your Phil
- Learn: The Songs of Phil Ochs
- Poison Ochs: A Tribute to Phil Ochs
- This Is Absolutely Real: Visions and Versions of Phil Ochs
- What's That I Hear?: The Songs of Phil Ochs
- List of cover versions
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