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Artist/Band: Phil Ochs
Lyrics for Song: Rehearsals For Retirement
Lyrics for Album: An Introduction To Phil Ochs [2003]



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 don't 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 doesn't 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 doesn't 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


I'll paint your memory on the monument


In my rehearsals for retirement


Album Lyrics: An Introduction To Phil Ochs [2003]


Phil Ochs
"An Introduction To Phil Ochs [2003]"


1. Chords Of Fame
2. Cross My Heart
3. Joe Hill
4. Pretty Smart On My Part
5. Rehearsals For Retirement