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Santo Domingo
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Phil Ochs
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And the crabs are crazy, they scuttle back and forth
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The sand is burning
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And the fish take flight and scatter from the sight
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Their courses turning
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As the seagulls rest on the cold cannon nest
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The sea is churning
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The marines have landed on the shores
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Of Santo Domingo
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The fishermen sweat, they're pausing at their nets
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The day's a-burning
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As the warships sway and thunder in the bay
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Loud the morning
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But the boy on the shore is throwing pebbles no more
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He runs a-warning
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That the the marines have landed on the shores
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Of Santo Domingo
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The streets are still, there's silence in the hills
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The town is sleeping
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And the farmers yawn in the gray silver dawn
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The fields they're keeping
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As the first troops land and step into the sand
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The flags are weaving
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The marines have landed on the shores
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Of Santo Domingo
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The unsmiling sun is shining down upon
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The singing soldiers
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In the cloud dust whirl they whistle at the girls
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They're getting bolder
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The old women sigh, think of memories gone by
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They shrug their shoulders
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The marines have landed on the shores
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Of Santo Domingo
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Ready for the tricks, their bayonets are fixed
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Now they are rolling
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And the tanks make tracks past the trembling shacks
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Where fear is unfolding
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All the young wives afraid, turn their backs on the parade
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With babes they're holding
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The marines have landed on the shores
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Of Santo Domingo
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A bullet cracks the sound, the army hit the ground
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The sniper is callin'
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So they open their guns, a thousand to one
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No sense in stalling
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He clutches at his head and totters on the edge
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Look how he's falling
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The marines have landed on the shores
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Of Santo Domingo
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In the red plaza square, the crowds come to stare
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The heat is leaning
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And the eyes of the dead are turning every head
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To the widows screaming
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But the soldiers make a bid, giving candy to the kids
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Their teeth are gleaming
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The marines have landed on the shores
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Of Santo Domingo
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Up and down the coed, the generals drink a toast
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The wheel is spinning
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And the cowards and the whores are peeking
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Through the doors to see who's winning
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But the traitors will pretend that it's getting near the end
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When it's beginning
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The marines have landed on the shores
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Of Santo Domingo
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And the crabs are crazy, they scuttle back and forth
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The sand is burning
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And the fish take flight and scatter from the sight
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Their courses turning
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As the seagulls rest on the cold cannon nest
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The sea is churning
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The marines have landed on the shores
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Of Santo Domingo
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