[Verse 1] 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 Nightlifes a nowin 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 emperors new clothes [Chorus] 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 Pinocchios nose As we walked around in the emperors new clothes [Verse 2] 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 wed 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 emperors new clothes [Chorus] [Bridge] We were Bonnie and Clyde In the emperors new clothes [Chorus] [Outro] Emperors new clothes [2x]
emperor, clothes, clyde, new, bonnie