Elton John - The Emperor’s New Clothes lyrics

We bet on our lives and we bet on the horses<br>In that upstairs apartment<br>On orlando and 4th<br>And the rent was due and the rent man was knocking<br>Like a chinese proverb<br>We were always searching<br><br>Nightlife's a no-win but nobody noticed<br>How we killed off the bottles<br>Looking good on the surface<br>The dog days barked and the house cat got old<br>We were bonnie and clyde<br>In the emperor's new clothes<br><br>And the tears never came<br>They just stayed in our eyes<br>We refused to admit that we wore this disguise<br>Every inch of us growing<br>Like pinocchio's nose<br>As we walked around in the emperor's new clothes<br><br>We flew by our wits and by the seat of our pants<br>In the state of illusion<br>In the nation of chance<br>And the repo was hauling the wreck we'd been driving<br>As the dashboard madonna<br>Smiled back at us kindly<br><br>We cheated the system never batting an eyelid<br>Seeing only the good<br>Through the holes in our shoes<br>And our halos were rusty but we wore them proudly<br>We were two little gods<br>In the emperor's new clothes