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THE WAR IS OVER (Phil Ochs) Silent Soldier on a silver screen Framed in fantasies and dragged in dream 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 I declare the war is over It's over, it's over 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 I'm afraid the war is over It's over, it's over Angry artists painting angry signs Use their vision just to blind the blind Poisoned players of a grizzly game One is guilty and the other gets the point to blame Pardon me if I refrain I declare the war is over It's over, it's over So do your duty, boys, and join with pride Serve your country in her suicide Find the flags so you can wave goodbye But just before the end even treason might be worth a try This country is to young to die I declare the war is over It's over, it's over One-legged veterans will greet the dawn And they're whistling marches as they mow the lawn And the gurgles only sit and greet The gypsy fortune teller told me that we been deceived You only are what you believe I believe the war is over It's over, it's over ---------------------------------------------------------- copyright Barricade Music recorded by Phil Ochs on "Tape From California" (1968) When this song was first published in 1968, it was pure dynamite because of the line: "But just before the end even treason might be worth a try" There was a major scandal and the song was banned. When the war was finally really over in '75, Ochs and others held a "The War Is Over" rally in Central Park, but history had proceded and had left Ochs behind. @war @protest @political filename[ WAROVER MJ |
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