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The Floods Of Florence
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Phil Ochs
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Picasso leans out of the window, looks out on the ghetto
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Changing the shapes he sees.
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His old friend El Greco, soon is expected,
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Now just an echo of Spanish seas.
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And outside, the people stare;
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Wondering what's going on in there!
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Tossing the dice; they pay the price, so they can compare.
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CHORUS:
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And the holy (words/works?) of love and reverence
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Fell beneath the floods of Florence.
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The shop girls go out to the galleries spending their salaries
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To see if they catch a hold.
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They meet an old master, like some unknown lover,
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For some unknown reason he's never old.
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And the auctioneer clears his throat,
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What am I bid for this bottled boat?
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A tap on the rail
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Sunk with a sail, but soon she's afloat. (chorus)
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Griffith pulls out his whiskey; the mad room is misty
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Covered with yesterdays.
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The girl is so pretty, she asks for a memory.
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He touches her knee and she fades away.
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But the box office line is long;
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The spectacular show is on.
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Thirsty for thrills, the fountain is filled
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With dreams of the dawn. (chorus)
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The troubador comes from the country, falls by the factory,
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Sliding on simple strings.
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Armed with his anger, he sings of the danger
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He senses a stranger is in the wings.
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But the fledgling has learned to fly;
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All of the innocence leaves his eye.
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Echoes explode, rolled from the road--
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The melody dies. (chorus)
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