Empire Blues

Dope fiends in the hallway They got a better deal Than she and I He thinks to himself as he runs the cold water In the master suite "Hell no, this is paradise" You got your empire now You got your empire now But there was a time When she'd love him differently When they were on a mattress In an empty room He said, "What's mine is yours No, you won't be lacking anything And when we get to the top Then it's your empire too" It's your empire blues It's your empire blues You have no place at all In this life that you have made You have no place at all It's just you and your empire blues It's your empire blues Pockets filled to the brim Fortunes built on suffering String 'em up and hang 'em high Bleed all the neighborhood's dry at the top And it's your empire blues It's your empire blues It's your empire blues You have no place at all In this life that you have made You have no place at all It's just you and your empire blues Shots ring out in the morning He's looking out over the hedge line and the pool His coffee cup cracks on the floor tiles She takes a look at the scene And bangs the hell out of the room You have no place at all In this life that you have made You have no place at all In this life that you have made You have no place at all It's just you and your empire blues It's your empire blues It's your empire blues It's your empire blues Living in the empire now It's your empire blues Living in the empire now It's your empire blues Oh-oh-oh Aha... nothing holds back here What are you expecting? For the hell of it