The Floods Of Florence lyrics

Artist	Phil Ochs
Album(s)	Tape From California

Lyrics

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Picasso leans out of the window, looks out on the ghetto

Am

Changing the shapes he sees

D

His old friend el greco, soon is expected

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Now just an echo of spanish seas

Em

And outside, the people stare;

Am

Wondering what's going on in there!

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Tossing the dice; they pay the price, so they can compare



Chorus:

Am d g /em

And the holy (words/works?) of love and reverence

C bm e

Fell beneath the floods of florence



The shop girls go out to the galleries spending their salaries

To see if they catch a hold

They meet an old master, like some unknown lover

For some unknown reason he's never old

And the auctioneer clears his throat

What am I bid for this bottled boat?

A tap on the rail

Sunk with a sail, but soon she's afloat. (chorus)



Griffith pulls out his whiskey; the mad room is misty

Covered with yesterdays

The girl is so pretty, she asks for a memory

He touches her knee and she fades away

But the box office line is long;

The spectacular show is on

Thirsty for thrills, the fountain is filled

With dreams of the dawn. (chorus)



The troubador comes from the country, falls by the factory

Sliding on simple strings

Armed with his anger, he sings of the danger

He senses a stranger is in the wings

But the fledgling has learned to fly;

All of the innocence leaves his eye

Echoes explode, rolled from the road--

The melody dies. (chorus)

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