In The Heat Of The Summer-Phil Ochs

[ti:In The Heat Of The Summer ] [ar:Phil Ochs] [al:I Ain't Marching Anymore] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]In The Heat Of The Summer (LP版) - Phil Ochs [00:05.57]In the heat of the summer [00:08.97] [00:09.84]When the pavements were burning [00:12.66] [00:13.70]The soul of a city was ravaged in the night [00:16.57] [00:17.25]After the city sun was sinkin' [00:20.88] [00:23.31]Now no one knows how it started [00:26.84] [00:27.94]Why the windows were shattered [00:30.77] [00:31.28]But deep in the dark someone set the spark [00:35.47]And then it no longer mattered [00:38.88] [00:42.30]Down the streets they were rumbling [00:45.10] [00:46.39]All the tempers were ragin [00:48.96] [00:49.75]Oh where oh [00:50.91]Where are the white silver tongues [00:53.19]Who forgot to listen to the warnings [00:57.31] [01:00.67]On and On come the angry [01:03.55] [01:04.52]No longer following reason [01:07.24] [01:07.93]And all the stores were the target now [01:11.57] [01:12.08]Where just the other day they were buyin' [01:15.99] [01:18.69]Drunk with the memory of the ghetto [01:22.25] [01:22.90]Drunk with the lure of the looting [01:26.03]And the memory of the uniforms [01:28.11]Shoving with their sticks [01:30.28]Asking "Are you looking for trouble " [01:34.21] [01:37.20]"No no no " moaned the mayor [01:40.05] [01:41.33]"It's not the way of the order [01:44.64]"Oh stay in your homes [01:46.54]Please leave us alone [01:48.61] [01:49.25]"We'll be glad to talk in the morning " [01:54.05] [01:56.20]"For shame for shame [01:58.38]" wrote the papers [02:00.09] [02:00.77]"Why the hurry to your hunger [02:03.60] [02:04.31]"Now the rubble's resting [02:05.65]On your broken streets [02:07.90]"So you see what your rage has unraveled " [02:12.07] [02:15.02]Baricades sadly were risin [02:18.36] [02:19.58]Bricks were heavily flyin' [02:22.00] [02:22.55]And the loudspeaker drowned [02:24.58]Like a whisperin' sound [02:26.90]When compared to the angered emotions [02:30.57] [02:33.31]And when the fury was over [02:36.28] [02:36.97]And the Shame was replacing the anger [02:40.58] [02:41.20]So wrong so wrong but we've been down so long [02:45.74] [02:46.33]And we had to make somebody listen [02:50.63] [02:51.50]In the heat of the summer