Thomas North - Empire Lyrics

Blood on the trail by
The city limit line
Where the predawn express rolls
Careless through the night

Past the suburbs all named for
The heroes dead and gone
And buried not so long before
The year we were born

And this wasteland is my land
And this wasteland is yours
From the atom bomb islands
To the televised wars
This wasteland is your land
O this wasteland is mine
It's paradise as advertised
The unholy empire
In decline

Follow the iron tracks down
To the tenement heights of K-Town
Where the angels of justice and peace
Turn tricks for the bent chief of police

Where the guillotines rise and fall
And the lights just flicker in city hall
Where the high prince can rinse his hands clean
From the obstructions of law

And this wasteland is my land
And this wasteland is yours
From the atom bomb islands
To the televised wars
This wasteland is your land
O this wasteland is mine
It's paradise as advertised
The unholy empire
In decline

The mayor's on a tear down on E-Street
Wears his party badge and a laurel wreath
A sword by his side to deputise
Those who would tow the line

And a man all in black and rags
About his shoulders wears the flag
On his flute made of bone he plays
The national songs on command

And this wasteland is my land
And this wasteland is yours
From the atom bomb islands
To the televised wars
This wasteland is your land
O this wasteland is mine
It's paradise as advertised
The unholy empire
In decline