The Trial Lyrics by Phil Ochs

The Trial Lyrics

    Outside the cats are scratching
    Inside the doors are latching
    On the room, the greedy gloom
    The trial is revealed
    Police are six feet deep
    With switchblades in their teeth
    So no one leaves and they all believe
    This is absolutely real
    Yes, it's real
    And the sergeant says, "are you ready, boys?
    Get ready, boys
    Aim...
    And fire...

    Order in the court
    People ready for the sport
    They squirm and squeak and lick their beaks
    And grease their feathers down
    Everybody rise
    Judge is here with bathroom eyes
    A grizzly bear, he hugs his chair
    And the greedy gavel pounds
    Yes, it pounds
    And the sergeant says, "are you ready, boys?
    Get ready, boys
    Aim...
    And fire...

    In the dungeon s(?) falls
    Writing appeals upon the wall
    And the priest in prayers is not even there
    So precious is his time
    To the stake he's tied
    The swallows sing the triggers slide
    He bids goodbye to the wattery sky that plunges from his mind
    From his mind
    And the sergeant says, "are you ready, boys?
    Get ready, boys
    Aim...
    And fire...

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