Song information On this page you can read the lyrics of the song Early Roman Kings , by - Bob Dylan. Release date: 09.09.2012
Song language: English
Early Roman Kings |
| All the early Roman Kings in their sharkskin suits |
| Bowties and buttons, high top boots |
| Driving the spikes in, blazing 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 them bigger than all men put together |
| Sluggers and muggers wearing fancy gold rings |
| All the women going crazy for the early Roman Kings |
| I’ll dress up your wounds with a blood clotted rag |
| I ain’t afraid to make love to a bitch or a hag |
| If you see me coming 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 the early Roman Kings |
| I’ll 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 want to see |
| Bring down my fiddle, tune up my strings |
| Gonna break it wide open like the early Roman Kings |
| I was up on black mountain the day Detroit fell |
| They killed them all off and they sent them to hell |
| Ding Dong Daddy, you’re coming up short |
| Gonna put you on trial in a Sicilian court |
| I’ve had my fun, I’ve had my flings |
| Gonna shake ‘em all down like the early Roman Kings |