So maybe empires will fold   Maybe empires will come and go   I am appealing to you   To keep it all under control      Circular time. And distance.   A nation falls to economy   It's all money.   When this city fell down   He was driving around to see.      First to fall was the roads   Animals quickly then arose   I took my flask and camcorder   To document the rise of the Rose      They've taken everything else   How long before they take the blankness?   The blankness...      They still sew labels inside   They're only cheap clothes, I know,   But I haven't got a nickel   Maybe holes in my shoes are wide.   They're only cheap clothes I know   But I haven't got a nickel (repeats)   to my name.      But I haven't got a nickel to my name.      We see how the legions follow   We take all that we can borrow   We stop thinking of tomorrow   If it ever came      How many weeks of fighting?   How many months since typing? ...to see.