Iggy Pop

Little Miss Emperor

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you're not giving an inch you're not strung like wire your open arms they flinch joan crawford style treated like a towel inside you howl on some dark concrete midnight street you've built an altar that's quite complete your self control is damned amazing you're trying hard and i want you little miss emperor you really want to grow and you're alert, i know but babies mostly drown it's a company town cheat gods and joke attack your noble ghost i saw the best minds of my generation learn how to crawl across our nation conformity falls like one wet blanket look how we live and i want you little miss emperor little miss emperor trying to open doors

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by Juanjo25

16y ago

You're not giving an inch You're not strung like wire Your open arms they flinch Joan crawford style Treated like a towel Inside you howl On some dark concrete Midnight street You've built an altar That's quite complete Your self control is damned amazing You're trying hard And i want you Little miss emperor

You really want to grow And you're alert, i know But babies mostly drown It's a company town Cheat gods and joke Attack your noble ghost I saw the best minds of my generation Learn how to crawl Across our nation Conformity falls like one wet blanket Look how we live And i want you Little miss emperor Little miss emperor Trying to open doors

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