The National - Fake empire

^CStay out super ^Flate tonight ^Gpicking apples, making pies ^Cput a little something^F in our lemon^Gade and take it with us

we're half-aw^Amake in a fa^Fke empi^Gre we're half-aw^Amake in a fa^Fke empi^Gre

T^Ciptoe through our ^Fshiny city ^Gwith our diamond slippers on d^Co our gay bal^Flet on ice bl^Guebirds on our shoulders

we're half-aw^Amake in a fa^Fke empi^Gre we're half-aw^Amake in a fa^Fke empi^Gre

T^Curn the light out ^Fsay goodnight no ^Gthinking for a little while l^Cets not try to fig^Fure out e^Gverything at once I^Ct's hard to keep t^Frack of you f^Galling through the sky

we're half-aw^Amake in a fa^Fke empi^Gre we're half-aw^Amake in a fa^Fke empi^Gre