Early Roman Kings Lyrics - Tempest (2 Vinyl Lps + Cd) - Bob Dylan

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 

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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 

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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 

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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 bitch 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 

I was up on black mountain 

The day Detroit fell 

They killed 'em all off 

And they sent 'em 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