Support Your Local Emperor [2003/Live at Redrocks Amphitheatre, Denver,
Blues Traveler

Support your local emperor
Pay him tribute every time
Let it be known he holds your fate
From his fingertips shall flow the wine
Tell him when he speaks the air is sweet
Wherever he walks rose beds be laid
So that he may always feel secure
In the vast empire that he's made

But could you tell me what he's ever done for you?
I'm not the one that needed an army
I'm not the one that needed respect
I'm not the one that hopes they'll remember
I'm not the one they'll likely forget
It seems one's going to walk
Where he's willing to walk
And with the ears of a bat
And the eyes of a hawk
You can see in the end
It's just a little bit of talk
But a rodent's always looking
For some cat he can stalk
To meow for him, to meow for him...

Remember once when you were young
It really was not all that long ago
You reached out your hand and it was met
If you let your heart will tell you so
So bow your head don't meet his eyes
When royalty speaks you then reply
Someday he may find his throne is cold
Someday he may chance to wonder why

But could you tell me what he's ever done for you?
I'm not the one that needed an army
I'm not the one that needed respect
I'm not the one that hopes they'll remember
I'm not the one they'll likely forget
It seems one's going to walk
Where he's willing to walk
And with the ears of a bat
And the eyes of a hawk
You can see in the end
It's just a little bit of talk
But a rodent's always looking
For some cat he can stalk
To meow for him, to meow for him...

Support your local emperor
Pay him tribute every time
Let it be known he holds your fate
From his fingertips shall flow the wine
Tell him when he speaks the air is sweet
Wherever he walks rosebeds be laid
Someday he may find his throne is cold
In the vast empire that he's made
That he's made...


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  100 Years   1999   4th of July   After What   Ain't That Life   All for You   All Hands   All In The Groove   All Things Are Possible   All Up To You   Alone   Amber Awaits   American Way   And So It Goes   Annie Laurie   Annie Laurie (a/k/a Lay Me Down And Dream)   Anything Goes   As We Wonder   Back In The Day   Bad To The Bone   Bagheera   Battle of Someone   Believe Me   Best Be on My Way   Big City Girls   Black Cat Jam   Blister In The Sun   Blow up the Moon   Borrowed Time   Breakfast   Brother John   Bullshitter's Lament   Business As Usual   But Anyway   Can't Get A Light   Can't See Why   Can't Win True Love   Canadian Rose   Cara Let the Moon   Carolina Blues   Carolina Blues [Live]   Carry Me Home   Castaway   Chan's Groove   Change   Children of the Night   Christmas   Christmas Blues   Circle Of The Rings   Cleopatra's Cat   Closing Down The Park   Come Together   Conquer Me   Corn Mash Blues   Cover Me   Cracks in The Stone   Crash & Burn   Crash Burn   Crystal Flame   Decision of the Skies   Defense & Desire   Defense & Desire   Defense And Desire   Defense Desire   Devil In the Details   Didn't Mean to Wake Up   Diner   Do I Move You   Dream On   Dropping Some NYC   Escaping   Eventually (I'll Come Around)   Eventually I'll Come Around   Faith in You   Fallen Empire   Fallible   Far Away   Featherhead & Lucky Lack   Featherhead And Lucky Lack   Feelin' Groovy   Feelin' Groovy (52nd Street Bridge Song)   Felicia   Five To One   Fledgling   Forever Owed   Free Willis Ruminations From Behind Uncle Bob's   Free Willis, Ruminations From Behind Uncle Bob's M...   Freedom   Get Out Of Denver   Get Out Today   Gina   Girl Inside My Head   Gloria   Glory Glory   Go & Gt ;   Go Outside & Drive   Go Outside & Drive   Go Outside and Drive   Go>   Go>   Gotta Get Mean   Great Big World   H.o.r.d.e. Theme   Hard To Exist   Hearts Are Still Awake   Her & Me   Her Me   Hey Joe   Hi Heeled Sneakers   Hippie   Hit The Road, Jack   Home Is Where You Are   Hook   Hook (Live from New York)   Hook (LP Version)   How You Remember It   I Don't Wanna Go   I Don\u00e2\u0080\u0099t Wanna Go   I Have My Moments   I Want to Take You Higher   I've Been Working on The Railroad   I've Been Working On The Railroad   Imagine   In The Name Of A Cause   Ivory Tusk   Jabberwock   Johnny B. Goode   Jonesin' & Prayin'   Just For Me   Just Wait   Justify The Thrill   Last Night I Dreamed   Leaning In   Let Her & Let Go   Let Her & Let Go   Let Her and Let Go   Let Her And Let Go (Live)   Letter From A Friend   Look Around   Lost Me There   Louie Louie   Love & Greed   Love & Greed   Love and Greed   Love Does   Love Greed   Love Is Everything (That I Describe)   Love Of My Life   Low & Gt ;   Low & Gt ;   Low >   Low >   Low Rider   Make My Way   Manhattan Bridge   Maybe I'm Wrong   Midnight Hour   Mind To Ramble   Miss You   Mmmbop   Money Back Guarantee   Monster   Moonlight Serenade   Most Precarious   Mother Funker   Mount Normal   Mountain Cry   Mountains Win   Mountains Win Again   Mulling It Over   My Blessed Pain   My Only Regret   Nail   Nefertiti   Never a Lover & Always The Friend   Never A Lover And Always The Friend   New York Prophesie   No Woman, No Cry   Nobody Fall In Love With Me   NY Prophesie   Onslaught   Optimistic Thought   Orange in the Sun   Outta My Hands   Partner In Crime   Pattern   Pretty Angry   Pretty Angry (For J. Sheehan)   Price To Pay   Princeton Eyes   Psycho Joe   Psycho Joe (goes to the electric chair)   Rage   Recognize My Friend   Regarding Steven   Regarding Steven [Non-LP Track]   Right Here Waiting for You   Rock Me Baby   Roland D. Rhodes   Rubberneck   Run   Run Around   Run-Around   Run-Around [Album Version]   Sadly a Fiction   Sarah   Save His Soul   Saving Grace   Secret Agent Man   Severe Infatuation   She and I   She Caught The Katy   She Isn't Mine   Shotgun Shell   Should I Stay Or Should I Go   Sick Of It All   Silent Night   Slow Change   Some Things I Will Not Pretend   Spinning Spiraling Machine   Stand   Star Spangled Banner   Stumble and Fall   Superstition   Support Your Local Emperor   Sweet and Broken   Sweet Home Chicago   Sweet Pain   Sweet Talking Hippie   That Which Doesn't Kill You   The Beacons   The Best Part   The Children of the Night   The Conga   The Devil Went Down To Georgia   The Good, The Bad, And The Ugly   The Gunfighter   The Heavens Get Pissed   The Joker   The Light In Her Eyes   The Mountains Win Again   The One   The Path   The Poignant & Epic Saga Of Featherhead And Lucky ...   The Poignant & Epic Saga Of Featherhead And Lu...   The Poignant and Epic Saga of Featherhead and Luck...   The Poignant Epic Saga of Featherhead & Lucky ...   The Queen of Sarajevo   The Tiding   The Way   The Weight   Things Are Looking Up   Thinnest Of Air   This Ache   Time Is Free   To & Fro   To Fro   Top of the World   Traveler Suite   Trina Magna   Trust In Trust   Unable   Unable (Live)   Unable To Get Free   View   Wang Dang Doodle   Warmer Days   Weird Chick   What Could Possibly Go Wrong   What Do You Want From Me?   What Remains   What's For Breakfast   When The Levee Breaks   Who Do You Love   Whoops   With You   Wouldn't It Make You Mad   You Can't Stop Thinking About Me   You Don't Have To Love Me   You Lost Me There   You Reach Me   You Reach Me (Live)   You Rescued Me   You, Me and Everything   You're Burning Me   Yours

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