Napoleon

Lyrics for Napoleon

Napoleon's a pastry Bismarck is a herring Alexander's a crème de coco mixed with rum And Herbie Hoover is a vacuum Columbus is a circle and a day off Pershing is a square, what a payoff Julius Caesar is just a salad on a shelf So little brother, get wise to yourself Life's a bowl and it's full of cherry pits Play it big and it throws you for a loop That's the way with fate Comes today we're great Comes tomorrow we're tomato soup Napoleon's a pastry Get this under your brow What once used to be a rooster Is just a duster now Du Barry is a lipstick Pompadour's a hairdo Good Queen Mary just floats along from pier to pier Venus de Milo's just a pink brassiere Sir Gladstone is a bag, ain't it shocking? And the mighty Kaiser's just a stocking Czar of Russia is now a jar of caviar And Cleopatra is a black cigar Yes, my honey lamb Swift is just a ham Lincoln's a tunnel Coolidge is a dam Yes, my noble lads Comes today we're fads Comes tomorrow we're subway ads Homer is a swat Get this under your brow All these big wheel Controversials are just commercials now Better get your jug of wine and loaf of bread Before that final bow