What Have The Romans Ever Done For Us? Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Verse 1]
What exactly are the [Abm]demands?
We're giving
Pilate two days to dismantle
the entire apparatus of the
Roman imperialist state,
and if he doesn't agree immediately,
we execute her.
They bled us white, the bastards!
They've taken everything we had!
And not just from us!
From our fathers!
And from our fathers' fathers!
And from our fathers'
fathers' fathers!
Yeah.
And from our fathers'
fathers' fathers' fathers!
Yeah, alright,
Stan, don't labour the point.
And what have they ever given
us in return?
The aqueduct.
What?
The aqueduct.
Oh, yeah, yeah, they did give us
that.
That's true, yeah.
And the sanitation.
Oh, yeah, the sanitation,
Reg.
Remember what
the city used to be like?
Yeah, all right, I'll grant you,
the aqueduct and sanitation are two things the
Romans have done.
And the roads.
Well, yeah, obviously the roads. I mean, the roads go without saying,
don't they?
But apart from the sanitation,
the aqueduct and the roads...
Irrigation.
Medicine.
Education.
Yeah, yeah, all right, fair enough.
And the wine.
Yeah, yeah, that's something we'd really miss,
if the
Romans left.
Public baths.
And it's safe to walk in the
streets at night now,
Reg.
Yeah, they certainly know how to keep order.
Let's face it, they're the only ones who could
in a place like this.
Alright, but apart from the sanitation, the medicine, education,
wine, public order, irrigation, roads, a fresh water system and public health,
what have the
Romans ever done for us?
Brought peace.
Oh, please!
Shut up!
The raid backfires.
Brian is captured
and all the rest are killed.
Brian, beaten, bruised
and bleeding, is thrown into
Pilot's darkest, stinking dungeon.
Very good indeed.