Ruins of the Realm-James Mcmurtry

[ti:Ruins of the Realm] [ar:James Mcmurtry] [al:Just Us Kids] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]Ruins of the Realm - James Mcmurtry [00:09.87]Standin' in the middle of a roman street [00:12.68] [00:15.40]Marble dust all over my feet [00:18.08] [00:19.48]Bearded masses at the gates [00:22.22] [00:24.92]Dancin' in the ruins while it's not too late [00:27.79] [00:40.14]Drivin' a rolls through old bombay [00:42.91] [00:45.60]Rickshaw drivers in my way [00:48.36] [00:49.36]Well they better move over [00:50.61]And they'd better move fast [00:52.87] [00:55.10]Dancin' in the ruins of a golden past [00:58.25] [00:59.15]Dancin' in the ruins of the raj [01:02.00]Queen and country's noble cause [01:05.29] [01:18.43]Standin' on banks of the river Seine [01:21.22] [01:23.87]I ain't got tuppence to my name [01:26.72] [01:27.92]Stand my ground and I cast my net [01:30.87] [01:33.49]Dancin' in the ruins where the sun don't set [01:36.22] [01:37.48]Dancin' in the ruins of the crown [01:39.75] [01:40.35]Enfield rifles keepin' us down [01:43.49] [02:07.32]I got a thirty ought six and a premium load [02:10.41] [02:12.60]In a shotgun shack on a two lane road [02:15.85] [02:16.91]Smack in the middle of the bible belt [02:19.95] [02:22.31]Dancin' in the ruins all by myself [02:25.23] [02:26.05]We got the national guard with the bayonets [02:29.47] [02:31.55]We got the ten commandments [02:33.05]On the state house steps [02:34.85] [02:35.88]We shalt not steal and we shalt not kill [02:39.08] [02:41.44]Dancin' in the ruins of our own free will [02:44.22] [02:45.33]Dancin' in the ruins of the south [02:48.05]Confederate flag taped over my mouth [02:51.48] [03:04.26]We thank thee lord for all we got [03:07.36] [03:09.65]While the military nationals call the shots [03:12.96] [03:13.82]So scrape them hides and clean that slate [03:16.89] [03:19.44]Dancin' in the ruins of the nation state [03:22.29] [03:23.15]We'll fight them in the land [03:24.60]We'll fight them in the air [03:26.41] [03:28.54]Well a cowboy says [03:29.77]We got to fight them over there [03:31.79] [03:32.57]He ain't seen nothing like it since saigon fell [03:35.94] [03:38.23]Dancin' in the ruins 'cause we might as well [03:41.16] [03:42.35]Dancin' in the ruins of the realm [03:44.95]A fool and a mad man at the helm [03:47.89] [03:49.99]Dancin' in the ruins of the reich [03:52.68]Down in the bunker on a hunger strike