Napoleon Lyrics

Life is just a bowl of cherries
Napoleon′s a pastry
Bismarck is a herring
Alexander's a creme de cacao mixed with rum
Herbie Hoover is a vacuum
Columbus is a circle and a day off
Pershing is a square, what a payoff
Julius Caesar is now 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 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 is a pink brassiere
Sir Gladstone is a bag ain't it shocking
And the mighty Kaiser just a stocking
The Czar of Russia is now a jar of caviar
Even Cleopatra is a black cigar
Oh 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 all subway ads
Homer is a swat
King George a you-know-what
Get this under your brow
All these big wheel controversies are just commercials now
Life is just a bowl of cherries
Better get your jug of wine and loaf of love
Before that final bow