Support your local emperor   Pay him tribute every time   Let it be known he holds your fate   From his fingertips shall flow the wine   Tell him when he speaks the air is sweet   Whenever he walks rosebeds be laid   So that he may always feel secure   In the vast empire that he's made      But could you tell me what he's ever done for you?   I'm not the one that needed an army   I'm not the one that needed respect   I'm not the one that hopes they'll remember   I'm not the one they'll likely forget   It seems one's going to walk   Where he's willing to walk   And with the ears of a bat   And the eyes of a hawk   You can see that in the end   It's just a little bit of talk   But a rodent's always looking   For some cat he can stalk   To meow for him, to meow for him......      Remember once when you were young   It really was not all that long ago   You reached out your hand and it was met   If you let your heart will tell you so   So how your head don't meet his eyes   When royalty speaks you then reply   Someday he may find his throne is cold   Someday he may chance to wonder why      But could you tell me what he's ever done for you?   I'm not the one that needed an army   I'm not the one that needed respect   I'm not the one that hopes they'll remember   I'm not the one they'll likely forget   It seems one's going to walk   Where he's willing to walk   And with the ears of a bat   And the eyes of a hawk   You can see that in the end   It's just a little bit of talk   But a rodent's always looking   For some cat he can stalk   To meow for him, to meow for him......      Support your local emperor   Pay him tribute every time   Let it be known he holds your fate   From his fingertips shall flow the wine   Tell him when he speaks the air is sweet   Whenever he walks rosebeds be laid   So that he may always feel secure   In the vast empire that he's made   That he's made.......