Utah Phillips
Utah Phillips
Utah Phillips
Utah Phillips
Utah Phillips
Utah Phillips
Utah Phillips
Utah Phillips
Utah Phillips
The last song was added by Phillips to the song found on the 1935 recording
The song was recorded by The New Singers, who were a Communist Party-connected singing group in New York who recorded a three-record album for Timely Records in 1935, in which this song appeared. These were the first Party-...
I'm spending my night at a flophouse
I'm spending my days on the street
I'm looking for work but I find none
I wished I had something to eat
Oh, Sou-oup, Sou-oup
They gave me a bo-owl of Sou-ou-oup
Sou-oup, Sou-oup
They gave me a bo-owl of Soup
I worked twenty years in a factory
I did everything I was told
They said I was loyal and faithful
But now I am out in the cold
Oh, Sou-oup, Sou-oup
They gave me a bo-owl of Sou-ou-oup
Sou-oup, Sou-oup
They gave me a bo-owl of Soup
[spoken interlude]
I saved fifteen bucks with my banker
To buy me a car and a yacht
I went down to draw out my fortune
And this is the answer I got
Oh, Sou-oup, Sou-oup
They gave me a bo-owl of Sou-ou-oup
Sou-oup, Sou-oup
They gave me a bo-owl of Soup
I fought in a war for my country
I went out to bleed and to die-ie
I thought that my country would help me
But this was my country's reply
Oh, Sou-oup, Sou-oup
They gave me a bo-owl of Sou-ou-oup
Sou-oup, Sou-oup
They gave me a bo-owl of Soup
(Oh) when I die and I get up to Heaven
St. Peter will let me right in
He can tell by the soup I was fed on
I was unable to sin
Oh, Sou-oup, Sou-oup
They gave me a bo-owl of Sou-ou-oup
Sou-oup, Sou-oup
They gave me a bo-owl of Soup
Soup was written by .
Utah Phillips released Soup on Fri May 07 1999.