Ożarów (Polish pronunciation: [ɔˈʐaruf]) is a town in Poland, in the province of Świętokrzyskie Voivodeship, in Opatów county (Powiat of Opatów), historic Lesser Poland, with 4,906 inhabitants as of December 31, 2004. Ożarów received its town charter in 1569, during the Polish Golden Age, lost it in 1869, and regained in 1988. The town lies in eastern part of the province, some fifteen kilometers west of the Vistula river. Ożarów's coat of arms is the Rawa, which was used by the Ozarowski family.
Ożarów is a road hub, where National Road Nr. 79 (Warsaw - Bytom) meets Local Road Nr. 755. The town has a sports club Alit, established in 1947. Its largest employer is a leading cement factory nearby. The cement factory was privatized in 1995 and, a controlling stake in the company was purchased from HCP (Holding Cement Polski) by Irish company CRH plc. Recently, one of the agents involved in brokering the transaction between HCP and CRH claimed to have paid a USD 1m bribe to make the acquisition. The results of that inquiry were still pending as of June 2005. CRH plc owns more than a dozen operations in Poland.
Ożarów may refer to the following places:
There are times I understand and times I question why
And when the time's at hand sometimes I want to cry
But cannot shed a tear
There are moments in the shade, there are moments in the sun
And there are certain days that I wish would never come
But still they reach me here
In the silence of my mind there's a solace that I find
Chorus:
And when my soul hits the mark and light splits the dark
I hear You
And when my heart starts to move I know that it's You I hear
Oh, I hear You, oh, I hear
Some are who they say they are and some are not at all
Some will catch their rising star while others watch theirs fall
Through the hands of destiny
Some are taught to live a lie, some are searching for the truth
Some are caught between their pride and the innocence of youth
Which one of them is most like me?
In the silence of my mind there's a solace that I find
CHORUS
In the silence of my mind there's a solace that I find