Steve Earle - Little Emperor lyrics

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Hey Little Emperor

Come down from your throne

The hour glass is empty

Your time has come and gone

The battlements are crumblin'

The walls are tumblin' down

Your counselors and concubines

Are gettin' outta town

Some say it's an omen

Some say it's the winds of change

Which ever way it's goin'

It's blowin' like a hurricane

Hey Little Conqueror

Where you gonna go

The world is even smaller

Than it was when you left home

Emptiness in front of you

And detritus behind

Nobody ever told you

That history was kind

Standin' on the corner

Your fortune blowin' in the wind

Daddy didn't warn ya

There ain't no goin' home again

No pomp and circumstance

No more Shaock and Awe

You're just a Little Emperor

That's all

Hey Little Hypocrite

What you gonna say

When you wind up standin' naked

On the final Judgement Day

How you gonna justify it

Who you gonna call

What if it turns out that

God don't look like you at all

The leaves are in the teacup

The hieroglyphics on the wall

You ain't the first to rise up

You sure won't be the last to fall

Hey Little Emperor

Come down from your throne

And let another emperor climb on