[ti:The Emperor's New Clothes]
[ar:elton john]
[00:14.33]We  bet  on  our  lives  and  we  bet  on  the  horses
[00:17.18]In  that  upstairs  apartment
[00:19.29]On  Orlando  and 4th
[00:20.57]And  the  rent  was  due  and  the  rent  man  was  knocking
[00:23.73]Like  a  Chinese  proverb
[00:25.34]We  were  always  searching
[00:29.33]Nightlife's  a  no-win  but  nobody  noticed
[00:32.24]How  we  killed  off  the  bottles
[00:33.98]Looking  good  on  the  surface
[00:35.74]The  dog  days  barked  and  the  house  cat  got  old
[00:38.79]We  were  Bonnie  and  Clyde
[00:40.56]In  the  emperor's  new  clothes
[00:45.64]And  the  tears  never  came
[00:48.86]They  just  stayed  in  our  eyes
[00:52.07]We  refused  to  admit  that  we  wore  this  disguise
[00:59.12]Every  inch  of  us  growing
[01:02.31]Like  Pinocchio's  nose
[01:06.19]As  we  walked  around  in  the  emperor's  new  clothes
[01:29.42]We  flew  by  our  wits  and  by  the  seat  of  our  pants
[01:32.40]In  the  state  of  illusion
[01:33.92]In  the  nation  of  chance
[01:35.50]And  the  repo  was  hauling  the  wreck  we'd  been  driving
[01:38.66]As  the  dashboard  Madonna
[01:40.40]Smiled  back  at  us  kindly
[01:44.60]We  cheated  the  system  never  batting  an  eyelid
[01:46.96]Seeing  only  the  good
[01:48.90]Through  the  holes  in  our  shoes
[01:50.49]And  our  halos  were  rusty  but  we  wore  them  proudly
[01:53.55]We  were  two  little  gods
[01:55.62]In  the  emperor's  new  clothes
[02:00.77]And  the  tears  never  came
[02:04.08]They  just  stayed  in  our  eyes
[02:07.28]We  refused  to  admit  that  we  wore  this  disguise
[02:11.14]Every  inch  of  us  growing
[02:17.40]Like  Pinocchio's  nose
[02:20.69]As  we  walked  around  in  the  emperor's  new  clothes