Did you get the invitation?
A swan song of a nation
Everyone's waiting for you inside
We got soda pop and hickory stills
Quinn the Eskimo and espadrilles
And Sally making you feel all right
The baroness and her bayonets
The mad hatter hedging bets
Against the good judgment of the swinging king
'Cause it's the fall of the American Empire
But don't you worry honey you didn't miss a thing
Coming from the cold like Thelon, like Thelonious did
We got our own sanctimonious kid
And he could suck the diamond off a diamond ring
Just send in the farmers and the National Guard
We'll be in the war room getting hard
Just wear your dress blues
You know you look so damn dashing
Don't be shy Sally won't bite you
Just don't look too long at the salt of Delilah
'Cause she got her pants on fire
She got her rabid baby calling your name
Fall of the American Empire
Should've been all right
Should've, shut up
But me I'll just work in a sound bite
Just rolling my smokes tight
You know they said it was all right, all right
'Cause Lucy's in the nude
With nothing left to lose
Except them thigh high, kiss the sky
American boy
Sally got dirty with a rock musician
She met in Massachusetts
She was pleased to come to his advances
He was a man of wealthy taste
But she got so caught up by the man who would not stop
Thought?what she needed was love but it was like nothing she thought
And when Lucy came to get her said "Just leave me this way."
Fall of the American Empire
Should've been all right
Should've, shut up
But me I'll just work in a sound bite
Just rolling my smokes tight
You know they said it was all right, all right
Alright
Alright
Alright
Mr. Holy
Alright
Alright
Alright
Where you going Mr. Holy
Cause Lucy got a found your diamond
They shine like island
From the parlor to the projects babe
she was lookin his stone/store?
oh at less and we've gone
say once you love to get her save me
Fall (all waiting for the fall of the) American empire
Oh she said she wasnt ready
Fall (we're all in for the fall of the) American empire
Wont you just enjoy the show