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I crawled through the cotton fields, for cotton D The overseer sneered, his whipping was A ecstasy. F#m Im child-like I tore out the tap roots Bm Cards of the lash were calling to suit E7 I dashed for the swamps, the hounds in hot D a Jealously. C#7 f#m All the night a figure of fright, as I hid my head 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 in rome do as the romans do.
Frail and in the mists of the morning The and the spiders 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 would pick up a Oh I you could. Then someone replied "would you a ride? " "come in" he said. We for a while, he gave me a smile and a piece of bread The hammer was hard in the of the car as I cracked his head Then we 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 handed to the When in do as the romans do.
Late in the evening I came to the I fell to the sidewalks sighing for A diamond was dropped the hands of the pretty To be so kind. and corpses were busy competing The rhymes of the riots were busy I to the corner and sped(? ) from the speeding To my mind. Latches and locks, companies of cops ran the rain There was silk in the for the whims of the whores That with shame. I asked for a light a priest in the night I fanned the flames. And the all stood still To see if someone had been I was glad to leave a So far behind. And all the high-born So and so true, Have been handed to the in rome do as the romans do.
A monk and his mother were so dandy A nun was handing out candy The beautiful bishop out the brandy The we crave. They and stammered, would I feel like staying We to our knees, feverishly praying The salt in the seemed to be saying Be brave, be brave. I reached reached for a robe, I and I probed And I the tune. And the greed for the gills was played to the As I doom I toyed with their fears, until and tears filled the room Then I off down the road Laughing like a toad God every soulless soul would be saved. And all the ladies 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 gave them my with kisses and showered with showers That repaid. Taken and trusting, would I be teacher? She so appealing, I wanted to touch her Just out of reach, to reach her Their were raised. Charmed by the chalk, the were taught, inside the class They studied the of the samurai schools, they had to pass The was adjourned, the lessons were learned, I on the gas And I watched them make their They the test with ease I gave them degrees, made the grade. And all the ladies So and so true, Have handed to the soldiers When in do as the romans do.
Feeling my weakness, a coward for I joined the ranks of the hot and To teach what it means to have love for your We away. We lowered our for the lines of a border We danced with the mothers, played the daughters We followed our fantasies, following It was play. After the war the were bored so we capped the game cynical smiles we put them on trial to place the blame Now what kind of beast would love such a Have you no So we the by the feet Oh, we them in the street Oh, the was sweet On day. And all the ladies 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 somebody must be Pagans and pageants were all my head. The on the statues were staring and stalling Caesar and cassius cursing and calling The empire had risen and now it was Or so it seemed. The crown and the cross seemed and lost in dark despair And luminous lies, in disguise were everywhere The canvas was cold, the story was old, I said my I crowned him on the head Oh, I blessed him as he Oh at last, the king is God the queen. And all the ladies So and so true, Have been handed to the When in do as the romans do.
Now remained for building or burning The losing of was all I was learning A time for escape and a time for had come to me Back the ashes and back through the embers through the roads and the ruins I remembered My hands at my side I sadly Do as you please. The hero was home, proven and grown, I on the floor Mad with they started to dance, their star was born I bled like the rain, exploded in pain, I screamed for more Oh, make me feel Release me my mind Oh, kill me one more And set me free. And all the high-born So and so true, Have been to the soldiers When in do as the romans do.