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phil ochs - no more songs (rehearsal take) lyrics

[intro]
rolling?
rolling
okay, it’s called “no more songs”
and uh, it’s in the key of e minor
and now i want to have an intro, and a middle, and a ending starting in g
and so like the ondioline, probably
maybe supported by some lute or something comes in
with a melody like this:
ba ba ba, ba ba ba
ba ba ba, ba ba ba
ba ba ba ba ba ba ba

[verse 1]
h+llo, h+llo, h+llo
is there anybody home?
i’ve only called to say
i’m sorry
the drums are in the dawn
and all the voices gone
and it seems that there are
no more songs

[interlude]
i’d like to do a ninth after some of these, or maybe all of thеm
e minor ninth
and once i knew a girl
and herе i’d like a, i believe the recorder to come in
and do, like, a countermelody
[verse 2]
once i knew a girl
she was a flower in a flame
i loved her as the sea
sings sad— sings sadly
now the ashes of the dream
can be found in the magazines
and it seems that there are
no more songs

[verse 3]
and once i knew a sage
who sang upon the stage
and told about the world
his lover
a ghost without a name
stands ragged in the rain
and it seems that there are
no more songs

[interlude]
and back to the g
maybe another melody here
ba ba ba, ba ba ba
ba ba ba, ba ba ba
ba ba ba ba ba ba ba
[verse 4]
the rebels they were here
they came beside the door
they told me that the moon
was bleeding
then all to my surprise
they took away my eyes
and it seems that there are
no more songs

[interlude]
and may, maybe a figure like
da da da, da da da, da da da, da da da
on the ondioline or the lute, maybe the lute
and the recorder returns with anoth— with a, another countermelody
or related or the same as the girl verse, verse two

[verse 5]
a star is in the sky
it’s time to say goodbye
a whale is on the beach
he’s dying
a white flag in my hand
and a white bone in the sand
and it seems that there are
no more songs
[verse 1]
h+llo, h+llo, h+llo
is there anybody home?
i’ve only called to say
i’m sorry
the drums are in the dawn
and all the voices gone
and it seems that there are
no more songs
it seems that there are
no more songs
it seems that there are
no more songs

[outro]
ba ba ba, ba ba ba
ba ba ba, ba ba ba
ba ba ba ba ba ba ba
ba
and that, and then a—
uh, the tape’s still rolling, right?
and then, uh, just, just to make sure we got it exactly right
e minor, d, e minor, c, d
e minor, g to d, c, d, e minor, ninth
i just learned the ninth chord
okay, that’s all

- phil ochs lyrics

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