emperor's new clothes
can't believe it we're standing in line again
hoping to see hoping to touch the hem
push a little harded, scream a little more
does anybody really know what we're waiting for
everybody agree's it going to very good
but it must be seen to be understood
splendor blemished not by dart or seam
vision from the lands of dreams
oooh, we're all waiting on the king
it's sure to be the most wonderous thing, and so much more

everybody talk about it
everybody who is anybody knows
never stop to think about it
yeah, talk about the emperor's new clothes

varying accounts that i have pieced together
maybe it was silk but it coulda been leather
not a thread out of place, on this they all agree
but you cannot agree on what you cannot see
oooh, we're all waiting on the king
it's sure to be the most wonderous thing, and so much more
oooh, we're all waiting on the king
everybody gonna dance, everybody gonna sing, and so much more

everybody talk about it
everybody who is anybody knows
never stop to think about it
yeah, talk about the emperor's new clothes

wear it on your back
nail it to the wall
play it on the hifi
write it in a book
say it in a church
do it on a stage
do it in a video, do it in the road

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oooh, we're all waiting on the king
everybody gonna dance, everybody gonna sing, and so much more
oooh, everybody bow before the king
bow so low you can't see a thing, you can't see a thing

everybody talk about it
everybody who is anybody knows
never stop to think about it
yeah, talk about the emperor's new clothes
everybody talk about it
everybody who is anybody knows
never stop to think about it
yeah, talk about the emperor's new clothes