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Phil Ochs - Floods Of Florence Lyrics

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  • Picasso leans out of the window, looks out on the ghetto
  • Am
  • Changing the shapes he sees.
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  • His old friend El Greco, soon is expected,
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  • Now just an echo of Spanish seas.
  • Em
  • And outside, the people stare;
  • Am
  • Wondering what's going on in there!
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  • Tossing the dice; they pay the price, so they can compare.
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  • And the holy (wordsworks?) of love and reverence
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  • Fell beneath the floods of Florence.
  • The shop girls go out to the galleries spending their salaries
  • To see if they catch a hold.
  • They meet an old master, like some unknown lover,
  • For some unknown reason he's never old.
  • And the auctioneer clears his throat,
  • What am I bid for this bottled boat?
  • A tap on the rail
  • Sunk with a sail, but soon she's afloat. (chorus)
  • Griffith pulls out his whiskey; the mad room is misty
  • Covered with yesterdays.
  • The girl is so pretty, she asks for a memory.
  • He touches her knee and she fades away.
  • But the box office line is long;
  • The spectacular show is on.
  • Thirsty for thrills, the fountain is filled
  • With dreams of the dawn. (chorus)
  • The troubador comes from the country, falls by the factory,
  • Sliding on simple strings.
  • Armed with his anger, he sings of the danger
  • He senses a stranger is in the wings.
  • But the fledgling has learned to fly;
  • All of the innocence leaves his eye.
  • Echoes explode, rolled from the road--
  • The melody dies. (chorus)

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