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- leadbelly and co
- phil ochs
- singer songwriter
 
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Phil Ochs - The Trial lyrics
Outside the cats are scratching
 Inside the doors are latching
 On the room, the greedy gloom
 The trial is revealed
 Police are six feet deep
 With switchblades in their teeth
 So no one leaves and they all believe
 This is absolutely real
 Yes, it's real
 And the sergeant says, "are you ready, boys? 
 Get ready, boys
 Aim...
 And fire...
 Order in the court
 People ready for the sport
 They squirm and squeak and lick their beaks
 And grease their feathers down
 Everybody rise
 Judge is here with bathroom eyesPhil Ochs - The Trial - http://motolyrics.com/phil-ochs/the-trial-lyrics.html
 A grizzly bear, he hugs his chair
 And the greedy gavel pounds
Yes, it pounds
 And the sergeant says, "are you ready, boys? 
 Get ready, boys
 Aim...
 And fire...
 In the dungeon s(? ) falls
 Writing appeals upon the wall
 And the priest in prayers is not even there
 So precious is his time
 To the stake he's tied
 The swallows sing the triggers slide
 He bids goodbye to the wattery sky that plunges from his mind
 From his mind
 And the sergeant says, "are you ready, boys? 
 Get ready, boys
 Aim...
 And fire...














