Key: G major
Verse 1
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C
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Old Coins, Rare Coins
Cheese and sausage
Steins old and new
Beer tastes better in your
own exclusive style
Old Coins, Rare Coins
Silks and satins,
velvets and brocades,
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fine fish and pork, fine fabrics.
Old coins, rare coins,
treasures of an ancient kingdom,
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curios of silver, rarities of gold.
Look! Look at this rare treasure.
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Older than Alexander the Great.
connected with this coin.
Long before Alexander was
as great as he became,
at the tender age of six,
he knew ambition
and contentment seldom mix.
is it better to pursue eternal fame
or to spend his life
in tasting simple joys?
Should he organize
Then he took a silver drachma
and said,
Heads, I conquer the world,
Tails, I stay home.
at this critical moment,
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He tossed a coin, he tossed a coin,
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Saying, coin, it's up to you,
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Tell me what I ought to do.
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He tossed a coin,
perhaps this very one.
Only fifteen dollars. No.
Well, take this one.
Behold! Cleopatra!
Her portrait in gold.
When Julius Caesar invaded Egypt,
Cleopatra pondered,
how should she receive
her Roman conqueror?
Should she call him friend,
welcome him with love,
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greet him with a warm Egyptian smile?
try to end his life,
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down the Nile?
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Cleopatra climbed the nearby dune,
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Vainly seeking guidance from the moon.
leaving her perplexed,
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She tossed a coin,
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She tossed a coin,
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Saying, coin, it's up to you,
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Tell me what I ought to do.
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Gdim
and she watched it, as it spun,
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as it spun , spun.
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She tossed a coin,
perhaps this very one
touched by Cleopatra herself.
under silver denarius,
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there's a legend.
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Picture yourselves in Imperial Rome,
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In the corners, in the shadows,
his adversaries lurk.
In the folds of every toga,
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Caesar's friends say, Caesar,
the omens are berserk.
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today stay home from work.
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to help make up his mind.
Huh?
He tossed a coin.
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Tell me what I ought to do.
Yes, he tossed it.
And he watched.
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And he wants it as his sign
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He tossed a coin,
How much is it?
Only 20
Tell you what you do
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Toss a coin I'll take it
He tossed
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He tossed a coin you
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