[Verse 1]
She's here now, perfume coiled like a thuggie scarf –
Such a powerful drug to make you so naked and clean

[Chorus]
And you want to tell her
So much to disclose
This idea you've got to sell her
A new set of empress's clothes

[Verse 2]
Who was that woman in the masquerade?
Do those eyes still give you fever?
Who was that woman in the mystery-play?
Do you still want to please her?
Where is the woman who can offer еscape?
Do you look for your freedom?

[Chorus]
Oh you see her (Yeah)
You want to tеll her
There's so much to disclose
This... this idea you've got to sell her

[Verse 3]
You want her to wear that finery
The style that's never seen
You're trying to break the deadlock
Of this strangleholding scene...
Oh look, a new set of empress's clothes!
[Verse 4]
The here and now stands in your way;
Oh you carry the bell, book and candle...
She won't make you go
But she won't let you stay

[Chorus]
And you want to tell her
So much to disclose
This... this idea that you've been trying to sell her
That's just a new set of empress's clothes

[Verse 5]
You want her, you want her
That style that's never seen;
You're trying, you're trying
This strangleholding scene;
She makes you want to [?] it all –
You don't know what it means
But only she makes you see

[Outro]
Empress's clothes
Empress's clothes
Empress's clothes
A new set of empress's clothes
Empress's clothes
A new set of empress's clothes
Empress's
Empress's
Empress's clothes