The Emperors New Clothes - Procol Harum

seen it before

The high flying act

Is it manic delusion

Or a statement of fact

That hot fevered brow

Them bright shining eyes

The hand on the heart

Those self serving lies

It's an ancient tradition

But everyone knows

Them gaudy old rags

Are the emperor's new clothes

We've heard it before

Your ego parade

You're always so sure

A hollow charade

You promise the moon

An' squander the earth

The only person you fool

Is yourself

It's an ancient condition

But everyone knows

Them gaudy old rags

Are the emperor's new clothes

We've seen it before

Those crocodile tears

The well should'a run dry

It's been so many years

You throw us a bone

Then ask for it back

The only thing you own

You stole from our backs

It's an ancient religion

But everyone knows

Them gaudy old rags

Are the emperor's new clothes