Kunci: G major
Verse 1
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Old Coins, Rare Coins
Cheese and sausage
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To please the finest princely palate
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 fabrics, cheese and sausage,
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fine fish and pork, fine fabrics.
Old coins, rare coins,
treasures of an ancient kingdom,
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numismatic wonders from days of old,
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curios of silver, rarities of gold.
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Meyeroth child, at your service.
Look! Look at this rare treasure.
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Older than Alexander the Great.
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And there's an ancient legend
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?
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Should he lead a quiet life, or instead,
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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When the fate of the world
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hung in the balance,
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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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and he watched it as it spun.
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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.
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And with it, a story.
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?
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Should she call him foe,
try to end his life,
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send his body floating
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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.
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But no answer came,
leaving her perplexed,
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Where was she to turn for guidance next?
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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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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.
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I want it. How much is it?
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Only ten dollar. I'll take it.
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Speaking of Caesar, here he is,
under silver denarius,
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and with it, it just so happens,
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there's a legend.
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Picture yourselves in Imperial Rome,
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Caesar expected at the Senate.
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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 his wife and his friends,
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To the omens and the signs,
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Caesar knew what to do
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to help make up his mind.
Huh?
He tossed a coin.
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Say, coin, it's up to you.
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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
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I don't know, that's a lot of money
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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