"What Can You Do?" genre: Alternative Country
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	What can you do with a heart that's been broke? Our tribute to Phil Ochs.
	CD: Demo 04/02 Credits: The Treason Brothers
	Story Behind the Song Mike says: "Phil Ochs is a huge hero of mine. I'd been playing around with a ballad to him for years, ala his own Pastures of Plenty tribute to Woody Guthrie. But it wasn't coming together. Too didactic, too preachy... Unfortunately, I wonder if old-style balladry can really be pulled off nowadays. Those old songs were just so damn sincere -- it's hard to do it in the age of ironic distance. I blame Bob Dylan. Anyway, I took a new tack, thinking about Phil's final years, after the dream of the 60's revolution had faded into the self absorbed 70's. Add a little masking to get folks nodding their heads, and there you go. What can you do with a heart that's been broke? Hmm? You tell me." Lyrics What can you do with a heart that's been broke? Once it's seen it's dreams fly away in smoke? Can't make it believe, and you can't make it take hope. What can you do with a heart that's been broke? What can you do with a heart that's on fire? Can you tell it to stop needing what it requires? Can you tell it to just forget the one it desires? What can you do with a heart that's on fire? I got this useless thing, and it's pounding inside me, It doesn't know what it's about. And I don't have a clue what it's supposed to do, Sometimes I'd like to tear it out What can you do with a heart that's been burned? Can you make it forget all the lessons it's learned? A heart goes away, you can't make it return What can you do with a heart that's been burned?

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