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Fifty Mile Hike
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Phil Ochs
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Some people never get their feet on the ground,
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They're either sitting in a chair or they're laying down
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Their bellies are hanging down on their knees,
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It's almost a national emergency.
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Fifty miles, keep a-walking,
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Twenty-five miles and you're almost there,
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Fifty miles no use a-talkin',
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Better get in step with the new frontier.
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Well, the president put on his walkin' shoes
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He had a country with 30 millions pounds to lose
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He remembered a promise he made 'way back when
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He's gonna get the country movin' again.
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*chorus*
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Then everybody started getting into the act
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Even sallinger left but he soon came back
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On his return he was heard to say
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Fifty miles a day keeps republicans away
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*chorus*
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Rockefeller's happy with his brand new wife,
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And richard nixon's done enough running for life
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And lyndon johnson is too busy a man
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And joseph p. kennedy bought out tom mccann.
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*chorus*
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So I decided I would carry my load
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I grabbed a carton of cigarettes and I hit the road,
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The golf clubs were heavy and the gin was slow
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If you want to get healthy, that's the way to go.
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*chorus*
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While everybody's goin' out and havin' fun
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They ought to lose some weight in more ways than one
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Fity miles of thinking is a heavy strain
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But it's about the only cure, for an overweight brain.
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*chorus*
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