Tom Waits - In The Colosseum Lyrics
(tom waits/k. brennan)The women all control their menWith razors and with wristsAnd the princess squeezes grape juiceOn a torrid bloody kissWhat will you be wearing thereThe lion or the raven hair?The flesh will all be tearingBut the tail will be my ownIn the colosseum tonightThis ones for the balconyAnd this ones for the floorAs the senators decapitateThe presidential whoreThe bald headed senatorsAre splashing in the bloodThe dogs are having someoneWho is screaming in the mudIn the colosseum tonightNow its raining and its pouringOn the pillaging and goringThe constable is swingingFrom the chainsFor the dead there is no storyNo memory no blameTheir families shout blue murderBut tomorrow its the sameIn the colosseumA slowly acting poisonWill be given to the favorite oneThe dark horse will bring gloryTo the jailer and his menIts always much more sportingWhen theres families in the pitAnd the madness of the crowdIs an epileptic fitIn the colosseumNo justice here, no libertyNo reason, no blameTheres no cause to taint the sweetest taste of bloodAnd greetings from the nationAs we shake the hands of timeTheyre taking their ovationsThe vultures stay behindIn the colosseum, in the colosseumIn the colosseum tonight
