One Way Ticket Home
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Promotional copy of "One Way Ticket Home"
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| Single by Phil Ochs | ||||
| B-side | My Kingdom for a Car | |||
| Released | 1972 | |||
| Format | Vinyl | |||
| Genre | Rock | |||
| Length | 2:39 | |||
| Label | A&M | |||
| Writer(s) | Phil Ochs | |||
| Producer(s) | Van Dyke Parks | |||
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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]
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