Tonalité : D minor
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73 years before
the advent of the christian era,
As rome was taking over
any land within reach,
Setting up proxy governmnents in the
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conquered lands,
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There lived one such man given
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just such a job.
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Gaius verres. go.
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A praetor held a position which
Verse 2
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operated on trust.
He was to govern instead
of the emperor himself.
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It was an easy easy privilege to abuse.
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And verres did so.
Interlude 2
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Verse 3
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He was the governor of agrigentum
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which we now know as sicily.
And he stole everything that wasn't nailed down,
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Took improper advantage
of other men's wives.
The list goes on. trust me.
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Cicero wrote it all down.
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Verse 4
At syracuse verres welcomed
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a band of pirates.
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They all drank and danced and
sang on the shore,
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And when the husband of one of
verres's paramours
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Came bringing a
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fleet of boats with him,
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Verius, clever, if diabolical,
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gave him a job.
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And enlisted the pirates to burn the whole
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fleet down.
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Verse 5
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The boats burned in the sicilian harbor
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The flames rose hundreds
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of feet into the air
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We stood on the shore
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watching them burn we stood
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On the shore, we heard the old
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songs. hey!
Outro 1
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