EarlyRomanKings

All the early Roman kings

In their sharkskin suits

Bow ties and buttons

High top boots

Drivin' the spikes in

Blazin' the rails

Nailed in their coffins

In top hats and tails

Fly away little bird

Fly away flap your wings

Fly by night

Like the early Roman kings

All the early roman kings

In the early early morn

Coming down the mountain

Distributing the corn

Speeding through the forest

Racing down the track

You try to get away

They drag you back

Tomorrow is Friday

We'll see what it brings

Everybody's talking

Bout the early roman kings

They're peddlers and they're meddlers

They buy and they sell

They destroyed your city

They'll destroy you as well

They're lecherous and treacherous

Hell-bent for leather

Each of 'em bigger

Than all them put together

Sluggers and muggers

Wearing fancy gold rings

All the women goin' crazy

For the early Roman kings

I can dress up your wounds

With a blood-clotted rag

I ain't afraid to make love

To a b**ch or a hag

If you see me comin'

And you're standing there

Wave your handkerchief

In the air

I ain't dead yet

My bell still rings

I keep my fingers crossed

Like them early roman kings

I can strip you of life

Strip you of breath

Ship you down

To the house of death

One day

You will ask for me

There'll be no one else

That you'll wanna see

Bring down my fiddle

Tune up my strings

I'm gonna break it wide open

Like the early roman kings