Another Age Lyrics - Singles - Phil Ochs

Pre>tuning: one semitone lower than standard 

Intro: am- f g am- f g 

Am e am e am 

There's a man walking round the island with a snake cane 

Am e am e am 

He picked it up in thailand from a hurricane 

C g 

And you know he's not gonna go there 

F g 

He's been one time too long 

C am 

Now all the gods are gone (though the game is gone) 

The younger boys are drowning in a shallow sea 

The night belongs to snipers in palm trees 

And their sabres flashed like lightning 

In the charge of the last brigade 

They must have been afraid 

E 

Soldiers have their sorrow 

F 

The wretched have their rage 

Dm g 

Pray for the aged it's the dawn of another age 

Am 

Of another age 

C 

Of another age 

Am 

Of another age 

The blood running down the blackboard on a blank(? ) screen (in a thin stream? ) 

The convicts shake their cages of a bad dream 

And they'll coach you in the classroom that it cannot happen here 

But it has happened here 

I remember nothing that I memorized (the cockroach cops are crawling on a battle ground) 

I got my education from a black eye (the shields are in the shadows, it's a college town) 

And they'll teach you law and order 

If you dare to raise your hand 

Spare the glove and spoil the man 

Soldiers have their sorrow 

The wretched have their rage 

Pray for the aged 

It's the dawn of another age 

Of another age 

Of another age 

Thomas paine and jesse james are old friends 

And robin hood is riding on the road again 

We were born in a revolution and we died in a wasted war 

It's gone that way before 

The dogs are chasing chicken bones across the lawn 

If that was an election, I'm a viet cong 

So I pledge allegiance against the flag 

And the (fall,flaw,cloth? ) for which it stands 

I'll raise/raze it if I can (pledge allegiance to the land) 

Soldier have their sorrow 

The wretched have their rage 

Pray for the aged 

It's the dawn of another age 

Of another age 

Of another age 

Of another age 

Of another age /pre>