lirik lagu in the heat of the summer – phil ochs
intro: dm gm dm gm dm
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in the heat of the summer
f a
when the pavements were burning
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the soul of a city was ravaged in the night
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after the city sun was sinkin’
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now no one knows how it started
f a
why the windows were shattered
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but deep in the dark, someone set the spark
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and then it no longer mattered.
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down the streets they were rumbling
f a
all the tempers were ragin
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oh, where, oh, where are the white silver tongues
gm dm
who forgot to listen to the warnings?
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on and on come the angry
f a
no longer following reason
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and all the stores were the target now
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where just the other day they were buyin
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drunk with the memory of the ghetto
f a
drunk with the lure of the looting
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and the memory of the uniforms shoving with their sticks
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asking, “are you looking for trouble?”
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“no, no, no,” moaned the mayor.
f a
“it’s not the way of the order.
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“oh stay in your homes, please leave us alone
gm dm
“we’ll be glad to talk in the morning.”
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“for shame, for shame,” wrote the papers.
f a
“why the hurry to your hunger?
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“now the rubble’s resting on your broken streets
gm dm
“so you see what your rage has unraveled.”
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baricades sadly were risin
f a
bricks were heavily flyin
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and the loudspeaker drowned like a whisperin’ sound
gm dm
when compared to the angered emotions
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and when the fury was over
f a
and the shame was replacing the anger.
dm c dm
so wrong, so wrong, but we’ve been down so long
gm dm
and we had to make somebody listen
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in the heat of the summer…
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