A In the blue forests, faded and forgotten
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and afraid in the mists of the morning The snakes and the were sadly performing The bark of the dogs kept up the the wood. Sweating and swearing I from the manger The highway to take me from danger Is there anyone here who pick up a stranger? Oh I you could. Then someone replied "would you a ride? " "come in" he said. We drove for a while, he gave me a smile and a of bread The hammer was hard in the chrome of the car as I cracked his we took off in a spin Oh I smashed his skull Oh thank you my friend, I so good. And all the high-born So and so true, Have handed to the soldiers When in do as the romans do.
Late in the I came to the city I to the sidewalks sighing for pity A diamond was dropped the hands of the pretty To be so kind. Cowards and corpses were competing The rhymes of the were busy repeating I raced to the corner and sped(? ) the speeding To my mind. Latches and locks, companies of cops ran the rain There was in the stores for the whims of the whores That with shame. I asked for a light a priest in the night Then I the flames. And the all stood still To see if someone had killed I was glad to a thrill So far behind. And all the high-born So and so true, been handed to the soldiers When in do as the romans do.
A monk and his were dancing so dandy A topless nun was handing out The beautiful broke out the brandy The we crave. They stuttered and stammered, would I feel staying We fell to our knees, feverishly The salt in the salt-peter to be saying Be brave, be brave. I reached reached for a robe, I preached and I And I the tune. And the greed for the gills was played to the As I promised I toyed with their fears, until coins and tears filled the Then I off down the road Laughing like a toad God every soulless soul That be saved. And all the ladies So and so true, Have handed to the soldiers in rome do as the romans do.
A chorus of children were passing the I joined in fun and gave them my flowers with kisses and showered with showers That repaid. Taken and trusting, would I be teacher? She looked so appealing, I to touch her out of reach, unable to reach her Their were raised. Charmed by the chalk, the lessons were taught, inside the studied the rules of the samurai schools, they had to pass The was adjourned, the lessons were learned, I on the gas And I watched make their pleas They passed the test ease I them their degrees, made the grade. And all the high-born So and so true, Have handed to the soldiers in rome do as the romans do.
Feeling my weakness, a coward for I joined the ranks of the hot and To teach what it to have love for your country We away. We lowered our lives for the of a border We danced with the mothers, played with the We followed our fantasies, following It was play. After the war the bullets were so we capped the game With cynical smiles we put them on to place the blame Now what of beast would love such a feast Have you no So we the by the feet Oh, we shot them in the Oh, the victory was On day. And all the high-born So and so true, been handed to the soldiers When in do as the romans do.
The bread and the circuses to be nearing The saviour or must be appearing Pagans and pageants were all my head. The stones on the statues were and stalling Caesar and were cursing and calling The had risen and now it was falling Or so it seemed. The crown and the cross seemed empty and lost in dark And luminous lies, death in were everywhere The canvas was cold, the story was old, I said my Then I crowned him on the Oh, I blessed him as he Oh at last, the is dead God the queen. And all the ladies So and so true, Have handed to the soldiers When in do as the romans do.
Now nothing for building or burning The of lovers was all I was learning A time for escape and a time for had come to me through the ashes and back through the embers Back the roads and the ruins I remembered My hands at my I sadly surrendered Do as you please. The hero was home, proven and grown, I on the floor Mad with romance started to dance, their star was born I like the rain, exploded in pain, then I screamed for more Oh, make me sublime Release me from my Oh, kill me one time And set me free. And all the ladies So and so true, been handed to the soldiers When in rome do as the do.