WILLIE'S EMPIRE
Lyrics by Bob Gillet - (tune - Kansas City)
Everything's up to date in Willie's Empire
We're going about as far as we can go
Regardless of position or your varied rate in pay
We're going to dig your Section in our own and humble way
So don't be meek, put tongue in cheek, there'll be a brighter day
Tonight we'll duck your glasses high and low
'Cause we're going about as far as we can go, go, go, go.
Everything's on the shelf in Willie's Empire
I started off my morning in supply
My flying suit was worn and torn, the knees and elbows sheer
"I'd like a new suit that would fit", I whispered in his ear
The suit he gave me was the one that I gave him last year
I'm telling you in case you did not know
They'll go about as far as they can go, go, go, go.
Everything's tickety-boo in Willie's Empire
Accounts will make you wonder at the way
They compound up collatoral, substract the residue
Don't worry 'bout the principle that should belong to you
Or just the same they'll lose your claim and while you're turning blue
You're wondering why your bank account is low
'Cause they'll go about as far as they can go, go, go, go.
Everything's lickety-split in Willie's Empire
Some brass arrived and asked me for a car
I called M E and told them, I'd pay the gas and rent 'er
Just one staff car would fill the bill, but this was my tormentor
The Groupie's wife had the last staff car at the Dorval Shopping Center
The more we reap the more we're gonna sow
'Cause they'll go about as far as they can go, go, go, go.
Everything's rat-a-tat-tat in Willie's Empire
At Ground Defence we're learning more and more
Don Winchester has told me, that some unsuspecting day
A mushroom cloud will fill the sky and blow us all away
Just wear your black dosimeter and everything's OK
They read from it how long you've got to go
A radiation death is very slow, slow, slow, slow.
Everything's spunkity-dunk in Willie's Empire
They're making rockets faster than before
The daily M and W charge case has come to call
It seems an airman knocked back four and twenty beers in all
Knocked back the beers, that ain't so queer, but then knocked up some doll
And to her father said the S Arm 0
"I wouldn't do a thing like that you know, know, know, know".
Everything's upside down in Willie's Empire
CE is getting better than before
Last year they planted several trees to make the station clean
But every tree was upside down it even shocked the Queen
This year they've smartened up and painted all the tree roots green
It's things like this that make the station grow
'Cause they'll go about as far as they can go, go, go, go.
Everything's flying around in Willie's Empire
Each Sunday 438 puts on a show
The Air Force bought them Otters so they'd earn their flying pay
But they still fly the Expeditor every Saturday
They need the multi-engine time to fly with TCA
Whose traffic blocks our circuit high and low
Because of them we've nowhere left to go, go, go. go.
Everything's jammed up tight in Fowler's Empire
Each Monday Jubilation leads the way
Jamming up the airspace is a game he likes to play
His famous understatement "I have nothing more to say"
But then he rambles on and on till five o'clock Friday
And that's the reason why they're gonna grow
'Cause they'll go about as far as they can go, go, go, go.
Everything's crawling around in Willie's Empire
Upon my plate a cockroach did reside
He told me I was misinformed 'cause none of them could die
That stimulant you sprayed around just made us multiply
He then remarked his friends could recommend the apple pie
I took my spoon a dealt a mighty blow
The best exterminator that I know, know, know, know.
Everything's overweight in Willie's Empire
And every extra pound has got to go
And here's a way that we all feel will even fool the pros
The first time you get on the scale put lead inside your toes
The second's worse, impress the nurse, get weighed without your clothes
These words were spoken by the SMO
With nerves like that my boy you're free to go, go, go, go.
Everything's costing more in Willie's Empire
I'm speaking of those girls in Montréal
Last night I took another trip across the bridge to see
My Diners Club admission now excludes the Chez Paree
Because you know that girly show has one they call Marie
She'll go about as far as she can go
But wouldn't you know I didn't have the dough, dough, dough, dough.
Now this fair Station's policies might shock you
But our's is not the place to reason why
Old St. Hubert is great, it is a real big go-getter
In Canada or overseas, you'll not find any better
S-T-H-U-B-E-R-T spells victory to the letter
And just in case you really want to know
We've gone about as far as we can go.
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