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phil ochs - the war is over (wbai broadcast) lyrics

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[verse 1]
silent soldiers on a silver screen
framed in fantasies and drugged in dreams
unpaid actors of the mystery
the mad director knows that freedom will not make you free
and what’s this got to do with me?

[chorus]
i declare the war is over
it’s over, it’s over

[verse 2]
all the children play with gatling guns
tattooed mothers with their tattooed sons
the strong will wonder if they’re surely strong
it doesn’t matter lately whether we are right or wrong
but surely we’ve gone on too long

[chorus]
i declarе the war is over
it’s over, it’s ovеr

[verse 3]
cardboard cowboys in a new frontier
drowning indians in vats of beer
troops are leaving on the trojan train
the sun is in their eyes but i am hiding from the rain
now one of us must be insane
[chorus]
i declare the war is over
it’s over, it’s over

[verse 4]
drums are drizzling on a grain of sand
fading rhythms of a fading land
prove your courage in the proud parade
trust your leaders where mistakes are almost never made
and they’re afraid that i’m afraid

[chorus]
i’m afraid the war is over (hoo)
it’s over (woo hoo), it’s over (woo hoo)

[verse 5]
angry artists painting angry signs
use their vision just to blind the blind
poisoned players of a grisly game
one is guilty and the other gets to point the blame
pardon me if i refrain

[chorus]
i declare the war is over
it’s over, it’s over
[verse 6]
but at least we’re working building tanks and planes
and a raise is coming so we can’t complain
the master of the march has lost his mind
perhaps, some other war, this fabled farce would all be fine
but now we’re running out of time

[chorus]
i declare the war is over
it’s over, it’s over

[verse 7]
so do your duty, boys, and join with pride
serve your country in her suicide
find a flag so you can wave goodbye
but just before the end even treason might be worth a try
this country is too young to die

[chorus]
i declare the war is over
it’s over (it’s over, it’s over), it’s over (yay)
(thank you, lyndon baby)

[verse 8]
one+legged veterans will greet the dawn
and they’re whistling marches as they mow the lawn
and the gargoyles only sit and grieve
the gypsy fortune teller told me that we’d been deceived
you only are what you believe
[chorus]
and i believe the war is over
it’s over, it’s over

[outro]
it’s over
it’s over, it’s over, yay (the song is over, the song is over, yay)

- phil ochs lyrics

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