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
NightlifeÂ’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 emperorÂ’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 PinocchioÂ’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 weÂ’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 emperorÂ’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 PinocchioÂ’s
nose
As we walked around in the emperor's new clothes
solo
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 PinocchioÂ’s nose
As we walked around in the emperor's new
clothes
EmperorÂ’s new clothes
EmperorÂ’s new clothes
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