Song for Cleomenes by The Mountain Goats
Song for Cleomenes by The Mountain Goats

Song for Cleomenes

The Mountain Goats * Track #3 On Beautiful Rat Sunset EP

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Song for Cleomenes by The Mountain Goats

Release Date
Mon Mar 21 1994
Performed by
The Mountain Goats
Produced by
John Darnielle
Writed by
John Darnielle
About

“Song for Cleomenes”, the third song in the Mountain Goat’s third EP, tells the tale of the Roman politician Gaius Verres (120 BCE – 43 BCE). John Darnielle details his corrupt reign of power as governor in the Roman province of Sicily. Forming an excellent bridge between the times of Rome and today...

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Song for Cleomenes Lyrics

[Verse 1]
73 years before the advent of the Christian era
As Rome was taking over any land within reach
Setting up proxy governments in the conquered lands
There lived one such man given just such a job
Gaius Verres, go

[Verse 2]
A praetor held a position which operated on trust
He was to govern instead of the emperor himself
It was an easy, easy privilege to abuse
And Verres did so

[Verse 3]
He was the governor of Agrigentum
Which we now know as Sicily
And he stole everything that wasn't nailed down
Took improper advantage of other men's wives
The list goes on, trust me
Cicero wrote it all down

[Verse 4]
At Syracuse, Verres welcomed a band of pirates
They all drank and danced and sang on the shore
And when the husband of one of Verres's paramours came
Bringing a fleet of boats with him
Verres, clever, if diabolical, gave him a job
And enlisted the pirates to burn the whole fleet down

[Outro]
The boats burned in the Sicilian harbor
The flames rose hundreds of feet into the air
We stood on the shore, watching them burn
We stood on the shore, we heard the old songs
Hey

Song for Cleomenes Q&A

Who wrote Song for Cleomenes's ?

Song for Cleomenes was written by John Darnielle.

Who produced Song for Cleomenes's ?

Song for Cleomenes was produced by John Darnielle.

When did The Mountain Goats release Song for Cleomenes?

The Mountain Goats released Song for Cleomenes on Mon Mar 21 1994.

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