In the cities All the workers were slaves In industry Men worked with simple tools The ruling cla**es Had time and money for art Wealthy families Sent their sons to university In the first punk wars The army ceased to be protection Old religion Could no longer guide The decay Of cla**ical civilization As the planets moved across the sky In the first punk wars The roman tacitus Denounced corruption Dark and bloody The picture that he draws Of manly virtue Barbarians at the frontier Immorality Of romans steeped in vice In the first punk wars