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