empires fall

Lightning strikes the highest tree
The biggest hog makes the finest meat
You may come up like the rising sun
But you will fall when your day is done

They may be big
They may be tall
But all empires fall . . .

They can steal the richest prize
They can kill and they can lie
They can stretch across the globe
But they will reap what they have sown

They may be big
They may be tall
But all empires fall . . .

It may be Britain or ancient Persia
May be the Third Reich or Soviet Russia
It may be Rome or the US of A
But it will collapse under its own weight

You may be Caesar, you may be Queen Bess
May be Napoleon, you may be Bush
You may be Hitler or Ghengis Khan
But you are ashes when you are gone

They may be big
They may be tall
But all empires fall . . .

Stand up!