Keep The Change Lyrics - Phil Ochs

Now I'd like to lay here in the night 

Now I'd like to linger in the light 

Wishing not to move 

I have nothing left to prove 

But did I hear you asking was it wrong or right 

Chorus 

If you feel a little strange 

Please have the memory and keep the change 

Now I'd like to hover in a hole 

Where silence is the singer of the soul 

I have no games to play 

I have no lines to say 

But someone's taking surveys on a passion pole 

Pretending every worry has all gone 

Now I'd like to drift into the dawn 

As simple as it seems (? ) 

Changing thoughts around to dreams (? ) 

But did I hear the stifling of a sleepless yawn 

Now I'd like to dangle in a dream 

A cavalier who's courting to the queen 

Hopelessly insane 

Running ragged through the rain 

But someone's directing lovers on a silver screen 

Now I'd live to hide behind a hand 

It's too late for leaving footprints on the sand 

Willing/chilling (? ) is the wine 

I've surrendered to the time 

But someone is insisting that they understand 

Now you've heard the story of the skin 

All the ashtrays have been powdered to the brim 

I'd only like to fall 

Watching whispers on the wall 

But someone's making up the bed and defining sin