The War Is Over Lyrics by Phil Ochs

The War Is Over Lyrics

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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
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    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 gargoyles only sit and grieve
    The gypsy fortune teller told me that we'd been deceived
    You only are what you believe

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