The Marines Have Landed on the Shores of Sant.. lyrics - Phil Ochs

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And the crabs are crazy, they scuttle back and forth
The sand is burning
And the fish take flight and scatter from the sight
Their courses turning
As the seagulls rest on the cold cannon nest
The sea is churning
The marines have landed on the shores of Santo Domingo.

The fishermen sweat, they're pausing at their nets
The day's a-burning
As the warships sway and thunder in the bay
Loud the morning
But the boy on the shore is throwing pebbles no more
He runs a-warning
That the the marines have landed on the shores of Santo Domingo.

The streets are still, there's silence in the hills
The town is sleeping
And the farmers yawn in the grey silver dawn
The fields they're keeping
As the first troops land and step into the sand
The flags are weeping
The marines have landed on the shores of Santo Domingo.

The unsmiling sun is shining down upon the singing soldiers
In the cloud dust whirl they whistle at the girls
They're getting bolder
All the old women sigh, think of memories gone by
They shrug their shoulders
The marines have landed on the shores of Santo Domingo.

Ready for the tricks, their bayonets are fixed
Now they are rolling
And the tanks make tracks past the trembling shacks
Where fear's unfolding
All the young wives afraid, turn their backs to the parade
With babes they're holding
The marines have landed on the shores of Santo Domingo

A bullet cracks the sound, the army hits the ground
The sniper's callin'
So they open up their guns, a thousand to one
No sense in stalling
He clutches at his head and totters on the edge
Look how he's falling
The marines have landed on the shores of Santo Domingo

In the red plaza square, the crowds come to stare
The heat is leaning
And the eyes of the dead are turning every head
To the widows screaming
But the soldiers make a bid, giving candy to the kids
Their teeth are gleaming
The marines have landed on the shores of Santo Domingo

Up and down the coast, the generals drink a toast
The wheel is spinning
And the cowards and the whores are peeking through the doors
To see who's winning
But the traitors will pretend that it's getting near the end
When it's beginning
The marines have landed on the shores of Santo Domingo

And the crabs are crazy, they scuttle back and forth
The sand is burning
And the fish take flight and scatter from the sight
Their courses turning
As the seagulls rest on the cold cannon nest
The sea is churning
The marines have landed on the shores of Santo Domingo



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