Ballad of William Worthy [Demo-Version] Phil Ochs

[Intro]
Uh, this next song is a real controversial subject, but, um
Audiences like it because of the way it's done here
It’s the story of William Worthy, William Worthy is a reporter
For the Baltimore Afro-American and The Realist in New York
And he went down to Cuba a while ago
When he got back, he was arrested and came back to Florida
He was arrested for illegal re-entry to the United States because
It's against thе law for Americans to go to Cuba or China
Or several othеr places
So he's running around the country appealing
And making speeches, and getting all kinds of support
So here’s the "Ballad of William Worthy"

[Verse 1]
Well, it's of a bold reporter whose story I will tell
He went down to the Cuban land, the nearest place to Hell
He'd been there many times before, but now the law does say
The only way to Cuba is with the C.I.A. 

[Chorus]
William Worthy isn't worthy to enter our door
Went down to Cuba, he's not American anymore
But somehow it is strange to hear the State Department say
"You are living in the free world, in the free world you must stay"