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Composer: Phil Ochs

Phil Ochs - Rehearsals for Retirement lyrics



Pre>a g d a

The days grow longer for smaller prizes

A g d a

I feel a stranger to all surprises

Bm e a

You can have them I dont want them

C#m d

I wear a different kind of garment

F#m e

In my rehearsals for retirement

The lights are cold again they dance below me

I turn to old friends they do not know me

All but the beggar he remembers

I put a penny down for payment

In my rehearsals for retirement

D a - a7

Had I known the end would end in laughter

F#m e

I tell my daughter it doesnt matter

The stage is tainted with empty voices

The ladies painted they have no choices

I take my colors from the stable

They lie in tatters by the tournament

In my rehearsals for retirement

Where are the armies who killed a country

And turned a strong man into a baby

No comes the rabble they are welcome

I wait in anger and amusement

In my rehearsals for retirement

Had I known the end would end in laughter

Still I tell my daughter that it doesnt matter

Farewell my own true love, farewell my fancy

Are you still owin me love, though you failed me

But one last gesture for her pleasure

Ill paint your memory on the monument

In my rehearsals for retirement

/pre>
Songs list of album: Rehearsals for Retirement (1969)
         Title Rating
01   Pretty Smart on My Part lyrics   -
02   The Doll House lyrics   -
03   I Kill Therefore I Am lyrics   -
04   William Butler Yeats Visits Lincoln Park and Escapes Unscathed lyrics   -
05    Where Were You in Chicago? lyrics Add lyrics   -
06   My Life lyrics   -
07    The Scorpion Departs But Never Return lyrics Add lyrics   -
08    The World Began in Eden and Ended in Los Angeles lyrics Add lyrics   -
09    Doesn't Lenny Live Here Anymore lyrics Add lyrics   -
10   Another Age lyrics   -
11   Rehearsals for Retirement lyrics   -
 

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