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Empires (Andrew Cadie)
Published by Steeplejack Music
Empires rise empires rule
Empires finally burn, they burn
Empires finally burn
There is an empire in the west across the raging sea
Who tell us all that they know best and how we all should be
They'll nail their colours to our mast and tell us fairy tales
Make up glories of the past, blow wind in to our sails
You're told there's gold all in your bank, it's gold you've never seen
And only the pirates on the sea can tell you where it's been
Only the slaves in the darkest mine can tell you where it's from
And only the richest in our land can tell you where it's gone
We're told of leaders in the East and of their evil deeds
Of how they plunder in the south to still their hungry needs
Well what's of our traders in the West and all their evil ways
They took their bounty in the south and the poorest had to pay
For us to be rich they must stay poor it's the only way it goes
So start a war and bar the door and lock them to their woes
But all these riches we have gained are weighing heavily
The water's rising, as it rains we'll sink in to the sea