Here's to the fallen empire, and all the treasure there   Here's to the fallen empire, and I just don't care      A toast to the mighty buildings   That cluttered up the sky   And I'll drink to all those fine, brave lads   Who gave it their best try   The armies came on charging   But the battle lasted a day   By dawn the conquest halted there   And a handful rode away      So here's to the fallen empire, and all the treasure there   Here's to the fallen empire, and I just don't care      With the general dead and buried   The corporal of resource   Rallied up the small remains   Of once-undefeated force   Their final charge came quickly   Their horses seemed to fly   Each man knew an age had ended   Each man knew he'd die      So here's to the fallen empire, and all the treasure there   Hip hip hooray for the fallen empire, and I just don't care      The defenders made quick work of them   And the war was finally won   An era's culture grew no more   And a new era begun   The defenders, now the conquerors   Grow docile with desire   Their expansion surely justified now   All hail the new empire      So here's to the fallen empire, and all the treasure there   Here's to the fallen empire, and I just can't seem to care      You know, that was many empires ago   Many since have rose and fell   Many more shall rise under God and heaven   And ride off into hell   Their children have our faces   Their children we're among   And as I too dream, my turn draws near   Because I am that young      So here's to the fallen empire, and all the treasure there   Here's to the fallen empire, and I really don't care      I can hear it call to me   Like a wolf howls to the moon   You know, now there is no life up there   We'll colonize it soon   So here's to our falling empire   And all that's fine and fair   Come ride with me for an emperor's crown   I'm young and I just don't care      So here's to the fallen empire, and all the trouble there   Here's to the fallen empire, I'm a young man and I just don't care