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Crucifixion [Live]
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Phil Ochs
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And the night comes again to the circle studded sky
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G Bm
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The stars settle slowly, in loneliness they lie
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Am D G Em
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'Till the universe expodes as a falling star is raised
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Am D G Em
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Planets are paralyzed, mountains are amazed
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Am D G Em
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But they all glow brighter from the briliance of the blaze
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Am D Em
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With the speed of insanity, then he dies.
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In the green fields a turnin', a baby is born
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His cries crease the wind and mingle with the morn
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An assault upon the order, the changing of the guard
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Chosen for a challenge that is hopelessly hard
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And the only single sound is the sighing of the stars
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But to the silence and distance they are sworn
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Em C D
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So dance dance dance
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Em
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Teach us to be true
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C
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Come dance dance dance
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D Em
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'Cause we love you
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Images of innocence charge him go on
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But the decadence of destiny is looking for a pawn
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To a nightmare of knowledge he opens up the gate
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And a blinding revelation is laid upon his plate
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That beneath the greatest love is a hurricane of hate
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And God help the critic of the dawn.
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So he stands on the sea and shouts to the shore,
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But the louder that he screams the longer he's ignored
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For the wine of oblivion is drunk to the dregs
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And the merchants of the masses almost have to be begged
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'Till the giant is aware, someone's pulling at his leg,
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And someone is tapping at the door.
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To dance dance dance
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Teach us to be true
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Come dance dance dance
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'Cause we love you
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Then his message gathers meaning and it spreads accross the land
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The rewarding of his pain is the following of the man
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But ignorance is everywhere and people have their way
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Success is an enemy to the losers of the day
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In the shadows of the churches, who knows what they pray
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For blood is the language of the band.
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The Spanish bulls are beaten; the crowd is soon beguiled,
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The matador is beautiful, a symphony of style
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Excitement is estatic, passion places bets
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Gracefully he bows to ovations that he gets
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But the hands that are applauding are slippery with sweat
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And saliva is falling from their smiles
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So dance dance dance
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Teach us to be true
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Come dance dance dance
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'Cause we love you
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Then this overflow of life is crushed into a liar
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The gentle soul is ripped apart and tossed into the fire.
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First a smile of rejection at the nearness of the night
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Truth becomes a tragedy limping from the light
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All the (canons|heavens) are horrified, they stagger from the sight
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As the cross is trembling with desire.
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They say they can't believe it, it's a sacreligious shame
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Now, who would want to hurt such a hero of the game?
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But you know I predicted it; I knew he had to fall
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How did it happen? I hope his suffering was small.
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Tell me every detail, I've got to know it all,
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And do you have a picture of the pain?
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So dance dance dance
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Teach us to be true
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Come dance dance dance
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'Cause we love you
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Time takes her toll and the memory fades
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but his glory is broken, in the magic that he made.
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Reality is ruined; it's the freeing from the fear
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The drama is distorted, to what they want to hear
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Swimming in their sorrow, in the twisting of a tear
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As they wait for a new thrill parade.
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The eyes of the rebel have been branded by the blind
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To the safety of sterility, the threat has been refined
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The child was created to the slaughterhouse he's led
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So good to be alive when the eulogy is read
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The climax of emotion, the worship of the dead
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And the cycle of sacrifice unwinds.
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So dance dance dance
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Teach us to be true
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Come dance dance dance
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'Cause we love you
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And the night comes again to the circle studded sky
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The stars settle slowly, in loneliness they lie
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'Till the universe expodes as a falling star is raised
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Planets are paralyzed, mountains are amazed
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But they all glow brighter from the briliance of the blaze
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With the speed of insanity, then he died.
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