Coliseum. the coliseum.Look out,
burnYou ought to know this by now.
You with the empty crane over.
...They're the gatekeepers and the sentinels.
Their jokes are hum-drum.The coliseum.
[x4]Brown brass leading up to ionic columns.
Trust them.Sometimes that is not enoughIn the vast
cavernous emptinessThat is the world of the callow.
But they stood outside at bottomThe coliseum.
[x3]Trust them.But sometimes that's not enoughIn the
vast cavernous....The coliseum.
[x2]And you have to have a good conditionTo get into
the coliseum.And the jingle jangle of this cityMakes
you hunger and down.You have to have a good conditionTo
get into the coliseum.The coliseum.
[x4Brown brass leading up to ionic columns,
But sometimes that's not enough.
...Their jokes are hum-drum.
About 7:30 to 8:00,Tiredness sets in.
You want to take a little breakAnd get out of home.
The coliseum.[x4]Brown brass.
...You've got to have a good conditionTo get into.
...These people, they will never ever learn.
They are not fit to walk throughThe ionic columns ofThe
coliseum.The coliseum.You've got to have a good conditionTo
get into the coliseum.