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The Confession
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Phil Ochs
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There's nothing as cold as the freeze in your soul
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at the moment when you are arrested.
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There's nothing as real as the iron and steel
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on the handcuffs when you protested.
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You race through the night in the prison of fright
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as you head for the quicksand of questions.
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And children unborn will see you in scorn
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if ever you make a confession.
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And the click of a lock is a shiver of shock
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as you wonder what are their objectives.
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Upon your guard for the voices are hard
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that belong to the cops and detectives.
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And it's hard to believe as they roll up their sleeves
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that you're in for more than a session.
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And it couldn't be true and it's not really you
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that they want to make a confession.
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You cannot conceal the confussion you feel
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as they steadily work to out-guess you.
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And some will pretend they are really your friend
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who rally around to your rescue.
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With frightening force your mind is divorced
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to give them the guilty impression.
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Every word that you hear is a weapon of fear
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to win the war of confessions.
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The lights shoot a glare like bullets they stare
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and burn out the base of conviction.
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And you squint and you blink and you try not to think
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of the cobwebs of contridictions.
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And your clothes will be wet with the rivers of sweat
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that tells the tale of attention.
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And once in awhile the clock has to smile
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as it counts the time of confession.
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The questions will rain and pour on your brain
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with the proper speed they are driven.
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The circles they pace and the sneer on their face
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tells you no quarter is given.
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You can salvage your mind when the paper is signed
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then the crime is solved by oppression.
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But win, lose, or draw, it's the rule of the law
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to always work for confession.
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And the balance of scales seems distant and pale
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in the shadowy days of the trial.
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And sometimes they die; with their name on a lie
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when it's all too late for denial.
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When agreement is full the switch must be pulled
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and the chair leaves no hope for correction.
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But the chances are large he was guilty as charged
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After all, he made a confession.
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