Phil Ochs - Another Age Lyrics
Pre>tuning: one semitone lower than standardIntro: am- f g am- f gAm e am e amTheres a man walking round the island with a snake caneAm e am e amHe picked it up in thailand from a hurricaneC gAnd you know hes not gonna go thereF gHes been one time too longC amNow all the gods are gone (though the game is gone)The younger boys are drowning in a shallow seaThe night belongs to snipers in palm treesAnd their sabres flashed like lightningIn the charge of the last brigadeThey must have been afraidESoldiers have their sorrowFThe wretched have their rageDm gPray for the aged its the dawn of another ageAmOf another ageCOf another ageAmOf another ageThe blood running down the blackboard on a blank(? ) screen (in a thin stream? )The convicts shake their cages of a bad dreamAnd theyll coach you in the classroom that it cannot happen hereBut it has happened hereI remember nothing that I memorized (the *****roach cops are crawling on a battle ground)I got my education from a black eye (the shields are in the shadows, its a college town)And theyll teach you law and orderIf you dare to raise your handSpare the glove and spoil the manSoldiers have their sorrowThe wretched have their ragePray for the agedIts the dawn of another ageOf another ageOf another ageThomas paine and jesse james are old friendsAnd robin hood is riding on the road againWe were born in a revolution and we died in a wasted warIts gone that way beforeThe dogs are chasing chicken bones across the lawnIf that was an election, Im a viet congSo I pledge allegiance against the flagAnd the (fall,flaw,cloth? ) for which it standsIll raise/raze it if I can (pledge allegiance to the land)Soldier have their sorrowThe wretched have their ragePray for the agedIts the dawn of another ageOf another ageOf another ageOf another ageOf another age /pre>