In The Colosseum Lyrics - Tom Waits

The women all control their men 

with razors and with wrists 

and the princess squeezes grape guice 

on a torrid bloody kiss 

what will you be wearing there 

the lion or the raven hair? 

the flesh will all be tearing 

but the tail will be my own 

in the colosseum tonight 

This one's for the balcony 

and this one's for the floor 

as the senators decapitate 

the presidential whore 

the bald headed senators 

are splashing in the blood 

the dogs are having someone 

who is screaming in the mud 

in the colosseum tonight 

Now it's raining and it's pouring 

on the pillagin and goring 

the constable is swinging 

from the chains 

for the dead there is no story 

no memory no blame 

their families shout blue murder 

but tomorrow it's the same 

in the colosseum 

A slowly acting poison 

will be given to the favorite one 

the dark horse will bring glory 

to the jailer and his men 

it's always much more sporting 

when there's families in the pit 

and the madness of the crowd 

is an epileptic fit. 

in the colosseum... 

No justice here, no liberty, 

no reason, no blame 

there's no cause to taint the sweetest taste of blood 

and greetings from the nation 

as we shake the hands of time 

they're taking their ovations 

the vultures stay behind 

in the colosseum, in the colosseum 

in the colosseum tonight... 

Tom waits: vocal, chamberlain, conundrum 

larry taylor: upright bass 

brain: drums 

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