9. Early Roman Kings with Peter Hayward

Welcome to Songs of Experience: A Bob Dylan Podcast, where we explore the man and the music one song at a time.Henry welcomes Twin Cities musician, Peter Hayward to talk and sing about "Early Roman Kings," from Dylan's 2012 album Tempest.Check out Peter's amazing music and follow him here: https://linktr.ee/peterhayward Early Roman KingsWritten by: Bob DylanAll the early Roman Kings in their sharkskin suitsBowties and buttons, high top bootsDriving the spikes in, blazing the railsNailed in their coffins in top hats and tailsFly away little bird, fly away, flap your wingsFly by night like the early Roman KingsAll the early Roman Kings in the early, early morn’Coming down the mountain, distributing the cornSpeeding through the forest, racing down the trackYou try to get away, they drag you backTomorrow is Friday, we’ll see what it bringsEverybody’s talking ‘bout the early Roman KingsThey’re peddlers and they’re meddlers, they buy and they sellThey destroyed your city, they’ll destroy you as wellThey’re lecherous and treacherous, hell bent for leatherEach of them bigger than all men put togetherSluggers and muggers wearing fancy gold ringsAll the women going crazy for the early Roman KingsI'll dress up your wounds with a blood clotted ragI ain’t afraid to make love to a bitch or a hagIf you see me coming and you’re standing thereWave your handkerchief in the airI ain’t dead yet, my bell still ringsI keep my fingers crossed like the early Roman KingsI'll strip you of life, strip you of breathShip you down to the house of deathOne day you will ask for meThere’ll be no one else that you’ll want to seeBring down my fiddle, tune up my stringsGonna break it wide open like the early Roman KingsI was up on black mountain the day Detroit fellThey killed them all off and they sent them to hellDing Dong Daddy, you’re coming up shortGonna put you on trial in a Sicilian courtI’ve had my fun, I’ve had my flingsGonna shake ‘em all down like the early Roman Kings  Follow us on Instagram @songsofbob,If you would like to support hosting my podcasts, please check out my Patreon where for $5 I will give you a shout out on the podcast of your choice. Thank you to, Rob Kelly, Roberta Rakove, Matt Simonson, and Christopher Vanni. For $10, in addition to the shout-out I'll send you a surprise piece of Bob Dylan merch! Thank you to Kaitie Cerovec who is already enjoying her merch! I have a merch shop! Check out all sorts of fun Bob Dylan (and more) items! Thank you to Mark Godfrey, & Linda Maultsby over on Substack.Email us at [email protected]: YouTube, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Substack.