When In Rome
In the fire blue forests, faded and forgotte
I crawled through the cotton fields, picking for cotto
The overseer sneered, his whipping was rotte
With ecstasy
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Im child-like terror I tore out the tap root
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Cards of the lash were calling to follow sui
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I dashed for the swamps, the hounds in hot pursui
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Jealously
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All through the night a figure of fright, as I hid my hea
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And the buried their nose in a cut of my cloths, now torn in shred
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And they never would leave until they believed that I was dea
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But I'd never curse their name
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Oh, who am I to blam
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I know I'd do the sam
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And all the high-born ladie
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So lovely and so true
Have been handed to the soldier
When in Rome do as the Romans do
Frail and afraid in the mists of the mornin
The snakes and the spiders were sadly performin
The bark of the dogs kept up the warnin
Inside the wood
Sweating and swearing I crawled from the mange
The highway appeared to take me from dange
Is there anyone here who would pick up a stranger
Oh I wish you could
Then someone replied "would you like a ride?"
"Come in" he said
We drove for a while, he gave me a smile and a piece of brea
The hammer was hard in the chrome of the car as I cracked his hea
Then we took off in a spi
Oh I smashed his skull agai
Oh thank you my good friend
I feel so good
And all the high-born ladie
So lovely and so true
Have been handed to the soldier
When in Rome do as the Romans do
Late in the evening I came to the cit
I fell to the sidewalks sighing for pit
A diamond was dropped from the hands of the prett
To be so kind
Cowards and corpses were busy competin
The rhymes of the riots were busy repeatin
I raced to the corner and sped(?) from the speedin
To save my mind
Latches and locks, companies of cops ran from the rai
There was silk in the stores for the whims of the whore
That shone with shame
I asked for a light from a priest in the nigh
Then I fanned the flames
And the traffic all stood stil
To see if someone had been kille
I was glad to leave a thril
So far behind
And all the high-born ladie
So lovely and so true
Have been handed to the soldier
When in Rome do as the Romans do
A monk and his mother were dancing so dand
A topless nun was handing out cand
The beautiful bishop broke out the brand
The kiss we crave
They stuttered and stammered, would I feel like stayin
We fell to our knees, feverishly prayin
the salt in the salt-peter seemed to be sayin
Be brave, be brave
I reached reached for a robe, I preached and I probe
And I taught the tune
And the greed for the gills was played to the hil
As I promised doo
I toyed with their fears, until coins and tears filled the roo
Then I took off down the roa
Laughing madly like a toa
God bless every soulless sou
That would be saved
And all the high-born ladie
So lovely and so true
Have been handed to the soldier
When in Rome do as the Romans do
A chorus of children were passing the hour
I joined in their fun and gave them my flower
Covered with kisses and showered with shower
That they repaid
Taken and trusting, would I be their teacher
She looked so appealing, I wanted to touch he
Just out of reach, unable to reach he
Their hands were raised
Charmed by the chalk, the lessons were taught, inside the clas
They studied the rules of the samurai schools, they had to pas
The room was adjourned, the lessons were learned
I turned on the ga
And I watched them make their plea
They passed the test with eas
I gave them their degrees
They made the grade
And all the high-born ladie
So lovely and so true
Have been handed to the soldier
When in Rome do as the Romans do
Feeling my weakness, a coward for compan
I joined the ranks of the hot and hungr
To teach what it means to have love for your countr
We marched away
We lowered our lives for the lines of a borde
We danced with the mothers, played with the daughter
We followed our fantasies, following order
It was child's play
After the war the bullets were bored so we capped the gam
With cynical smiles we put them on trial to place the blam
Now what kind of beast would love such a feas
Have you no shame
So we hung the by the fee
Oh, we shot them in the stree
Oh, the victory was swee
on victory day
And all the high-born ladie
So lovely and so true
Have been handed to the soldier
When in Rome do as the Romans do
The bread and the circuses came to be nearin
The Saviour or somebody must be appearin
Pagans and pageants were all disappearin
Inside my head
The stones on the statues were staring and stallin
Caesar and Cassius were cursing and callin
The empire had risen and now it was fallin
Or so it seemed
The crown and the cross seemed empty and lost in dark despai
And luminous lies, death in disguise were everywher
The canvas was cold, the story was old, I said my prayer
Then I crowned him on the hea
Oh, I blessed him as he ble
Oh At last, the king is dea
God save the queen
And all the high-born ladie
So lovely and so true
Have been handed to the soldier
When in Rome do as the Romans do
Now nothing remained for building or burnin
The losing of lovers was all I was learnin
A time for escape and a time for returning had come to m
Back through the ashes and back through the ember
Back through the roads and the ruins I remembere
My hands at my side I sadly surrendere
Do as you please
The hero was home, proven and grown, I fell on the floo
Mad with romance they started to dance, their star was bor
I bled like the rain, exploded in pain, then I screamed for mor
Oh, make me feel sublim
Release me from my min
Oh, Kill me one more tim
And set me free
And all the high-born ladie
So lovely and so true
Have been handed to the soldier
When in Rome do as the Romans do.
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