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Phil Ochs' Flag

from Poison Berries by Orchestraville

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lyrics

You turned The Lantern off because
your words of upstart would not stop
Without the fire nobody would see
that you were rolling up your left sleeve

So you put the photograph into a
bindle stick with a New York map
They took it when you were young -
when there was nothing to it

Now your fighting flag is a chin that wags
and another song
Don't you live to bury the very thing
that you're counting on

Stars twinkle in your eyes when they
project your name from a marquee sky
They heard your heart beating
But open ears are fleeting

Now your fighting drums are the clapping guns
of another song
Don't you live to bury the very thing
that you're counting on

So why would we get along and let you sing
the last of your protest songs?
When all the candles and the lights go out
It gives you something you can talk about
You found peace without a doubt

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from Poison Berries, released September 17, 2010

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Orchestraville performed from the early 1990s through the mid 2000s in Athens and Columbus, Ohio.

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