The Day They Built Rome Lyrics

On the day they built Rome, they started laying the stone

They had to get it all done before dark

Because they needed a city theyʼd been scratching a living

Out of sand and dirt and rock

There wasnʼt time to waste only haste to make

There was no lunch to take

There were no bathroom breaks

And as the sun went down they took a look around

And said "well, I guess we built us a town"

There was nothing else they could do

There was nothing else they could do

But look out on the world they knew

And try to turn that into Rome too

There was nothing they couldn't do

They thought there was nothing they couldn't do

Here in this golden age

After they built Rome in a day

On that night they threw a party, it was getting pretty bawdy

They were deep in their leaden cups

They started fighting in the streets

They started rolling in the sheets

And it looked like it would never let up

Outside the city gates the barbarians waited

And they heard whatʼs going on inside

And when the noise died down they crept into town

And they did'nt leave a soul alive

What else were they supposed to do?

What else were they supposed to do?

In the only world they knew

Where so much was kept by so few.

They did the only thing they could do

They did the only thing they could do

And melted that golden age

When they burnt Rome in a day

The day they rebuilt Rome some thought they got it all wrong

It had lost all its old world charm

They built on top of the rubble and the rents they were doubled

But they were happy to play along

Outside the city gates the barbarians waited

And they settled in the countryside

And out of timbers and stone they built places of their own

And they were safe and warm inside