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Napoleon in the Desert (a village bites the dust)

from No Unifying Theme by Walter Ehresman

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When power touches some people, they seem to be instantly corrupted by it......as if their brains get quickly re-wired. This song related to watching what, in retrospect, seems like an almost cliche'd instance of The Napoleon Complex on out the playa at Burning Man.

See the video here:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=8CsfyOA0aEI

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Napoleon In the Desert
(© 2003 Walter Ehresman)

Things were good, then;
Things were fine;
But he wants to be better known.
He flew too high, now;
Put name in lights;
Served up his worker drones.

[chorus]
Napoleon, he go
to the desert
to start a new campaign;
Don’t go askin’
what he’s doing, soldier–
information flows one way.

His experts told him
“Don’t go too far”;
He shouted down everyone;
He saw his footprints
down in the dust,
then marched us out in the sun.

[break]
His sea was calmer
some time ago,
before his Josie went North;
But she’s been gone, now,
his pearl, it grows, now,
and like Athena bursts forth.

Sun is blazin’;
Wind is hot;
Now he stands all alone.
The troops, they’ve left, now–
gone in the night;
Short man testosterone.

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from No Unifying Theme, released January 1, 2004
Walter Ehresman: vocals, classical guitar, acoustic steel-string guitar, 5-string electric bass, keyboards, tubano, electronic percussion pads. S.Sevilla: cowbell; J.Sevilla: rainstick.

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Walter Ehresman San Miguel De Allende, Mexico

Called "the quintessential Austin DIY artist" by famed local disc jockey Charlie Martin , Walter Ehresman was an eccentric presence in the Austin music scene from the '80s until his 2015 move to Mexico. A prolific songwriter, multi-instrumentalist and recording artist...and a restless musical spirit, always looking for something new, expressed with fearlessly honest, socially-conscious lyrics. ... more

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