In The Heat Of The Summer lyrics
Song information
Artist: Phil Ochs Album: I Ain't Marching Anymore
Lyrics
Intro: dm gm dm gm dm
Gm dm In the heat of the summer F a When the pavements were burning Dm c dm The soul of a city was ravaged in the night Gm dm After the city sun was sinkin'
Dm gm dm Now no one knows how it started F a Why the windows were shattered Dm c dm But deep in the dark, someone set the spark Gm dm And then it no longer mattered
Dm gm dm Down the streets they were rumbling F a All the tempers were ragin Dm c dm Oh, where, oh, where are the white silver tongues Gm dm Who forgot to listen to the warnings?
Dm gm dm On and on come the angry F a No longer following reason Dm c dm And all the stores were the target now Gm dm Where just the other day they were buyin
Dm gm dm Drunk with the memory of the ghetto F a Drunk with the lure of the looting Dm c dm And the memory of the uniforms shoving with their sticks Gm dm Asking, "are you looking for trouble?"
Dm gm dm "No, no, no," moaned the mayor F a "It's not the way of the order Dm c dm "Oh stay in your homes, please leave us alone Gm dm "We'll be glad to talk in the morning."
Dm gm dm "For shame, for shame," wrote the papers F a "Why the hurry to your hunger? Dm c dm "Now the rubble's resting on your broken streets Gm dm "So you see what your rage has unraveled."
Dm gm dm Baricades sadly were risin F a Bricks were heavily flyin Dm c dm And the loudspeaker drowned like a whisperin' sound Gm dm When compared to the angered emotions
Dm gm dm 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 Gm dm gm dm gm dm In the heat of the summer.....
[from http://lyrics.doheth.co.uk]
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