Song information On this page you can find the lyrics of the song The War Is Over, artist - Phil Ochs. Album song An Introduction To Phil Ochs, in the genre Date of issue: 31.12.2002
Record label: Universal Music Operations
Song language: English
The War Is Over |
| pre>c#m |
| Silent soldiers on a silver screen |
| A f#m e a f#m |
| Framed in fantasies and dragged in dream |
| Bm e7 a Unpaid actors of the mystery |
| Bm e f#m e The mad director knows that freedom will not make you free |
| F#m e And what’s this got to do with me |
| G d I declare the war is over |
| A e e a e c#m |
| 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 |