I hear the roar

of a big machine

Two worlds

and in between

Hot metal

and methedrine

I hear empire down

I hear empire down

I hear the roar

of a big machine

Two worlds

and in between

Love lost,

fire at will

Dum-dum bullets

and shoot to kill

I hear the dive

bombers and

Empire down

Empire down

I hear the sons

of the city and

dispossessed

Get down,

get undressed

Get prettty but

you and me

We got the kingdom,

we got the key

We got the empire,

now as then

We don't doubt,

we don't take direction

Lucretia, my reflection,

dance the

ghost with me

We look hard

We look through

We look hard

to see for real

Such things I hear,

they don't make sense

I don't see

much evidence

I don't feel

I don't feel

Well I don't feel

Oh oh

Oh oh

Ha ha ha ha ha! ...

A long long

long train

A long train held up

by page on page

A hard reign

held up by rage

Once a railroad

Now it's done

I hear the roar of

a big machine

Two worlds

and in between

Hot metal

and methedrine

I hear empire down

We got the empire,

now as then

We don't doubt,

we don't take reflection

Lucretia,

my reflection

Dance the

ghost with me