Empire

David Byrne

In national elections

In songs raised on high

With stirring emotions

As tears fill your eyes



In democratic fever

For national defense

I am a mountain 3X

Like birds upon a fence 2X



Young artists and writers

Please heed the call

What's good for business

Is good for us all



And as it is in Nature

So it is in life

The weak among us with perish 3X

The strong alone will survive 2X



Voices like thunder

Decisions like steel

The past and the future

They belong to us all



From every mountain

The water and the air

The world that we've created 3X

By working hand in hand 2X