Phil Ochs – The War Is Over (Guitar)

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Silent Soldiers on a silver screen,

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framed in fantasies and     dragged in dream.

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Unpaid actors of the mystery,

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the mad director knows that freedom will not make you free.

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and what's this got to do with me ?

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I declare the war is over, it's over, it's over.

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Drums are drizzling on a grain of sand,

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fading rhythms of a         fading land.

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Prove your courage in the proud parade,

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trust your leaders where mistakes are almost never made,

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and they're afraid that I'm afraid

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I'm afraid the war is over, it's over, it's over.

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Angry artists painting angry signs,

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use their vision just to       blind the blind.

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Poisoned players of a grizzly game,

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one is guilty and the other gets the point to blame,

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pardon me, if I refrain

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I declare the war is over, it's over, it's over.

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So do your duty, boys, and join with pride,

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serve your country in her        suicide.

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Find the flags so you can wave goodbye,

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but just before the end even treason might be worth a try,

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this country is to young to die.

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I declare the war is over, it's over, it's over.

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One-legged veterans will greet the dawn,

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and they're whistling marches as they        mow the lawn.

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And the gargoyles only sit and grieve,

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the gypsy fortune teller told me that we'd been deceived,

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you only are what you believe.

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I believe the war is over, it's over, it's over.