The Rise And Fall Of The Roman Empire Song Lyrics and Chords
The Rise And Fall Of The Roman Empire Song Lyrics and Chords by Cal Smith
The Rise And Fall Of The Roman Empire
Recorded by Cal Smith
Written by Bobby Fischer and Don Wayne
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Russell Roman took his brand new
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bride
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Across the threshold to their brand new
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life
With very little money in his
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jeans
And a
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hundred million dollars worth of
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dreams
He took a job a the Congress Union
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Bank
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Worked hard to get ahead but drew a
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blank
One day they paid him off and sent him
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home
Then he
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swore he'd build an empire of his
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own
Through the
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years he worked and
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dreamed of a Roman
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empire
And he
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left his pretty
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young wife all
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alone
She
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didn't share his
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dreams of a Roman
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empire
All she
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dreamed of was a
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family and a
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home
Hard work and patience brought him wealth and
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fame
And
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he thought he was a winner in life's
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game
Their empire stretched from Maine to
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Mexico
She had
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everything but what she needed
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most
When at last her loneliness had run it's
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coarse
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judge granted Mrs. Roman her
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divorce
Now Russell Roman's empire seemed so
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small
And as
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lifeless as the Rembrandts on the
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wall
The
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rise and the
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fall of the Roman
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empire
Is a
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lesson for the
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likes of you and
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me
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rise and the
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fall of the Roman
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empire
Is
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just another
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page in histo
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ry
Russell Roman took the same sweet
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bride
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cross the threshold for the second
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time
With very little money in his
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jeans
And
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not one single dollar in his
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dreams
That's the
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fall and the
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rise of the Roman
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empire
He
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gave their fortune
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to an orphans
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home
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fall and the
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rise of the Roman
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empire
Now his
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empire is his
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family and his
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home
FAQ
Who sang the the song The Rise And Fall Of The Roman Empire?
- The song The Rise And Fall Of The Roman Empire was sang by Cal Smith.
Who is Cal Smith?
- Calvin Grant Shofner (April 7, 1932 - October 10, 2013), known professionally as Cal Smith, was an American country musician, most famous for his 1974 hits "Country Bumpkin" and "It's Time to Pay the Fiddler".
