F C Bb F F C Bb F F C He caught a train from Alexandria Bb F Just a broken man in flight F C Running scared with all his devils Bb F Saying prayers all through the night F C But mercy can't find him Bb F Not in the shadows where he calls F C Forsaking all his better angels Bb F That's how every empire falls [Instrumental] F C Bb F F C Bb F F C The bells ring out on Sunday morning Bb F Like echoes from another time F C All our innocence and yearning Bb F And sense of wonder left behind F C Oh, gentle hearts remember Bb F What was that story his they lost F C When religion loses vision Bb F That's how every empire falls [Instrumental] F C Bb F F C Bb F F C He toasts his wife and all his family Bb F The providence he brought to bear F C They raise their glasses in his honor Bb F Although this union made 'em share F C Of a man that lives among them Bb F But still a stranger to them all F C For when a heart is never open Bb F That's how every empire falls [Instrumental] F C Bb F F C Bb F F C Bb F F C Bb F F C Lock the door and board the windows Bb F Put the people in the street F C It just my job he says I'm sorry Bb F And draws the jackels home to eat F C But at night he tell his woman Bb F I know I hide behind the laws F C She says you are only taking orders Bb F That's how every empire falls [Instrumental] F C Bb F F C Bb F F C A bitter wind blows through the country Bb F A hard rain falls on the sea F C If terror comes without a warning Bb F There must be something we don't see F C Well, fire begets this fire Bb F Like torches thrown into the straw F C If no one ask and no one answers Bb F That's how every empire falls [Outro] F C Bb F F C Bb F