Support your local emperor
  Pay him tribute every time
  Let it be known he holds your fate
  From his fingertips shall flow the wine
  Tell him when he speaks the air is sweet
  Wherever he walks rosebeds be laid
  So that he may always feel secure
  In the vast empire that he's made
    But could you tell me what he's ever done for you?
  I'm not the one that needed an army
  I'm not the one that needed respect
  I'm not the one that hopes they'll remember
  I'm not the one they'll likely forget
  It seems one's going to walk
  Where he's willing to walk
  And with the ears of a bat
  And the eyes of a hawk
  You can see in the end
  It's just a little bit of talk
  But a rodent's always looking
  For some cat he can stalk
  To meow for him, to meow for him...
    Remember once when you were young
  It really was not all that long ago
  You reached out your hand and it was met
  If you let your heart will tell you so
  So bow your head don't meet his eyes
  When royalty speaks you then reply
  Someday he may find his throne is cold
  Someday he may chance to wonder why
    But could you tell me what he's ever done for you?
  I'm not the one that needed an army
  I'm not the one that needed respect
  I'm not the one that hopes they'll remember
  I'm not the one they'll likely forget
  It seems one's going to walk
  Where he's willing to walk
  And with the ears of a bat
  And the eyes of a hawk
  You can see in the end
  It's just a little bit of talk
  But a rodent's always looking
  For some cat he can stalk
  To meow for him, to meow for him...
    Support your local emperor
  Pay him tribute every time
  Let it be known he holds your fate
  From his fingertips shall flow the wine
  Tell him when he speaks the air is sweet
  Wherever he walks rosebeds be laid
  Someday he may find his throne is cold
  In the vast empire that he's made
  That he's made...