Song information On this page you can read the lyrics of the song The Emperor's New Clothes , by - Elton John. Release date: 30.09.2001
Song language: English
The Emperor's New Clothes |
| We bet on our lives and we bet on the horses |
| In that upstairs apartment |
| On Orlando and 4th |
| And the rent was due and the rent man was knocking |
| Like a Chinese proverb |
| We were always searching |
| Nightlife’s a no-win but nobody noticed |
| How we killed off the bottles |
| Looking good on the surface |
| The dog days barked and the house cat got old |
| We were Bonnie and Clyde |
| In the emperor’s new clothes |
| And the tears never came |
| They just stayed in our eyes |
| We refused to admit that we wore this disguise |
| Every inch of us growing |
| Like Pinocchio’s nose |
| As we walked around in the emperor’s new clothes |
| We flew by our wits and by the seat of our pants |
| In the state of illusion |
| In the nation of chance |
| And the repo was hauling the wreck we’d been driving |
| As the dashboard Madonna |
| Smiled back at us kindly |
| We cheated the system never batting an eyelid |
| Seeing only the good |
| Through the holes in our shoes |
| And our halos were rusty but we wore them proudly |
| We were two little gods |
| In the emperor’s new clothes |