That Was The President-Phil Ochs

[ti:That Was The President] [ar:Phil Ochs] [al:I Ain't Marching Anymore] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]That Was The President (LP版) - Phil Ochs [00:16.89]The bullets of the false revenge [00:19.84]Have struck us once again [00:22.70] [00:23.50]As the angry seas have [00:25.65]Struck upon the sand [00:27.53] [00:29.79]And it seemed as though a friendless [00:32.32]World had lost itself a friend [00:36.22] [00:36.87]That was the President and that was the man [00:43.00] [00:44.98]I still can see him smiling there [00:48.13]And waving at the crowd [00:50.66] [00:51.57]As he drove through the music of the band [00:55.37] [00:57.84]And never even knowing no [01:00.70]More time would be allowed [01:03.78] [01:04.87]Not for the President and not for the man [01:10.72] [01:12.72]Here's a memory to share [01:15.62]Here's a memory to save [01:18.54] [01:19.32]Of the sudden early ending of command [01:23.75] [01:25.29]Yet a part of you and a part of [01:28.12]Me is buried in his grave [01:31.88] [01:32.77]That was the President and that was the man [01:38.76] [01:40.61]It's not only for the leader [01:43.51]That the sorrow hits so hard [01:46.66] [01:47.26]There are greater things [01:48.97]I'll never understand [01:51.89] [01:53.50]How a man so filled with life [01:56.58]Even death was caught off guard [01:59.90] [02:00.82]That was the President and that was the man [02:07.03] [02:09.63]Every thing he might have [02:11.72]Done and all he could have been [02:15.34] [02:16.17]Was proven by the troubled traitors hand [02:20.45] [02:21.81]For what other death could [02:24.24]Wound the hearts of so many men [02:28.37] [02:29.67]That was the President and that was the man [02:35.57] [02:37.05]Yes the glory that was Lincoln's [02:40.32]Never died when he was slain [02:43.82] [02:45.26]It's been carried over time and time again [02:50.07] [02:51.96]And to the list of honor you may add another name [02:57.91] [02:58.86]That was the President and that was the man [03:04.94] [03:06.05]That was the President and that was the man