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where was nero when rome burned he wasn't worried 'bout the flames the cat didn't play no fiddle he had his mind on better games he was down in the cellar with a girl he called b-betty lou drinking juice from the grape vine chianti BC '52 the roman city was burnin', but nero didn't face it alone he was soakin the bone, just soakin' the bone he was soakin' the bone, he was soakin' it napoleon he said to josie "I'm gonna rule the world for a start" josephine said, "hey nappy, you're crazy would you rather shake it down bonaparte" the world was there to be conquered, napoleon, he couldn't leave home 'cause he was soakin' the bone he was soakin' the bone (2x) he was soakin' it about the spanish armada it didn't faze sir francis drake 20,000 gun-totin' galleons but frankie didn't quiver or quake he was down on the beach head rollin' in the pebbles and stones he was soakin' the bone (3x) he was soakin' it he was soakin' the bone (3x) he was soakin' it, oh (soakin the bone, gonna' wet the whistle a little bit) |