A In the fire blue forests, and forgotten
I crawled the cotton fields, picking for cotton D The overseer sneered, his was rotten A ecstasy. F#m Im child-like I tore out the tap roots Bm Cards of the were calling to follow suit E7 I for the swamps, the hounds in hot pursuit D a Jealously. C#7 f#m All through the night a figure of fright, as I hid my C#7 f#m And the their nose in a cut of my cloths, now torn in shreds C#7 b And they never leave until they believed that I was dead E a But I'd never curse names E a Oh, who am I to E a I know I'd do the B Endlessly. C#m And all the high-born F#m So and so true, B Have been handed to the E When in rome do as the do.
and afraid in the mists of the morning The snakes and the spiders were sadly The of the dogs kept up the warning the wood. Sweating and swearing I crawled from the The highway appeared to take me danger Is there here who would pick up a stranger? Oh I you could. someone replied "would you like a ride? " "come in" he said. We drove for a while, he me a smile and a piece of bread The was hard in the chrome of the car as I cracked his head we took off in a spin Oh I his skull again Oh you my good friend, I so good. And all the ladies So and so true, Have been to the soldiers in rome do as the romans do.
Late in the evening I to the city I fell to the sighing for pity A was dropped from the hands of the pretty To be so kind. Cowards and corpses busy competing The rhymes of the riots busy repeating I raced to the corner and sped(? ) from the To my mind. Latches and locks, companies of cops ran the rain There was in the stores for the whims of the whores That shone shame. I for a light from a priest in the night Then I the flames. And the traffic all stood To see if had been killed I was to leave a thrill So far behind. And all the ladies So and so true, Have handed to the soldiers When in do as the romans do.
A monk and his were dancing so dandy A nun was handing out candy The beautiful broke out the brandy The we crave. They stuttered and stammered, I feel like staying We fell to our knees, feverishly The salt in the salt-peter to be saying Be brave, be brave. I reached for a robe, I preached and I probed And I the tune. And the greed for the was played to the hilt As I doom I toyed with their fears, until coins and tears filled the I took off down the road Laughing like a toad God bless every soulless That be saved. And all the high-born So and so true, been handed to the soldiers When in do as the romans do.
A chorus of children passing the hours I joined in their fun and them my flowers Covered kisses and showered with showers That repaid. Taken and trusting, would I be their She so appealing, I wanted to touch her Just out of reach, unable to her Their were raised. Charmed by the chalk, the lessons were taught, the class They studied the rules of the samurai schools, they had to The room was adjourned, the were learned, I on the gas And I them make their pleas passed the test with ease I gave them degrees, made the grade. And all the high-born So and so true, Have been handed to the When in do as the romans do.
Feeling my weakness, a coward for I joined the ranks of the hot and To what it means to have love for your country We away. We lowered our lives for the of a border We danced with the mothers, with the daughters We our fantasies, following orders It was play. After the war the bullets were bored so we the game With cynical smiles we put them on trial to the blame Now what kind of beast would love such a you no shame? So we hung the by the Oh, we shot them in the Oh, the was sweet On day. And all the high-born So and so true, Have been handed to the in rome do as the romans do.
The bread and the came to be nearing The saviour or somebody be appearing and pageants were all disappearing my head. The on the statues were staring and stalling Caesar and cassius were cursing and The empire had risen and now it was Or so it seemed. The crown and the cross seemed empty and lost in dark And lies, death in disguise were everywhere The was cold, the story was old, I said my prayers Then I crowned him on the Oh, I him as he bled Oh at last, the is dead God the queen. And all the high-born So and so true, Have been to the soldiers in rome do as the romans do.
Now nothing for building or burning The losing of lovers was all I was A time for escape and a time for had come to me Back through the and back through the embers Back through the and the ruins I remembered My hands at my side I surrendered Do as you please. The hero was home, and grown, I fell on the floor Mad romance they started to dance, their star was born I bled the rain, exploded in pain, then I screamed for more Oh, make me sublime me from my mind Oh, kill me one time And set me free. And all the ladies So and so true, Have been to the soldiers When in do as the romans do.