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The Party
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Phil Ochs
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The fire-breathing rebels arrive at the party early
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Their khaki coats are hung in the closet near the fur
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Asking handouts from the ladies, while they criticize the Lords
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Boasting of the murder of the very hands that pour
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And the victims learn to giggle, for at least they are not bored
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And my shoulders had to shrug
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As I crawled beneath the rug and retuned my piano
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The hostess is enormous, she fills the room with perfume
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She meets the guests and smothers them with greetings.
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And she asks, "How are you" and she offers them a drink
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The countess of the social grace, who never seems to blink
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And she promises to talk to you if you promise not to think
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And my shoulders had to shrug
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As I crawled beneath the rug and retuned my piano
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The beauty of the hour is blazing in the present
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She surrounds herself with those who would surrender
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Floating in her flattery, she's a trophy-prize, caressed
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Protected by a pretty face, sometimes cursed, sometimes blessed
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And she's staring down their desires
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While they're staring down her dress
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And my shoulders had to shrug
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As I crawled beneath the rug and retuned my piano
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The egos shine like light bulbs, so bright you cannot see them
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Blind each other blinder than a sandbox
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All the fury of an argument, holding back their yawns
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A challenge shakes the chandeliers, the selfish swords are drawn
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To the loser go the hangups, to the victor go the hangers on
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And my shoulders had to shrug
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As I crawled beneath the rug and retuned my piano
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They travel to the table, the host is served for supper
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And they pass each other down for salt and pepper
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And the conversation sparkles as their wits are dipped in wine
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Dinosaurs on a diet, on each other they will dine
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Then they pick their teeth and they squelch a belch saying
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"Darling, you tasted divine"
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And my shoulders had to shrug
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As I crawled beneath the rug and retuned my piano
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The wallflower is waiting, she hides behind composure, composure
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She'd love to dance and prays that no one asks her
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Then she steals a glance at lovers while her fingers tease her hair
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And she marvels at the confidence of those who hide their fears
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Then her eyes are closed as she rides away with a foreign legionnaire
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And my shoulders had to shrug
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As I crawled beneath the rug and retuned my piano
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Romeo is reeling, counting notches on his thighbone
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Searching for one hundred and eleven
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And he's charming as a child as he leads you to his web
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Seducing queens and gypsy girls in the boudoir of his head
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Then he wraps himself with a tablecloth and pretends he is a bed
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And my shoulders had to shrug
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As I crawled beneath the rug and retuned my piano
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Oh, the party must be over, even the losers are leaving
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But just one doubt is nagging at my caustic mind
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So I snuck up close behind me and I gave myself a kiss
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And I led myself to the mirror to expose what I had missed
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There I saw a laughing maniac who was writing songs like this
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And my shoulders had to shrug
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As I crawled beneath the rug and retuned my piano
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