Babylon

There were towers of sin
For the children of men
Who all spoke the same
But when the tongues did change
With the winds of no name
Swept it all away

Chorus
It’s a hard day in Babylon
It’s a hard day indeed
In the land between two rivers long
It’s hard day indeed

There were idols of love
And gardens that hung
From behind the gilded gates
But they were covered in blood
When they danced and they sung
In the mighty Persian reign

Babylon, you've bled for far too long
Dead and gone in Babylon

Now the tyrants of old
Who long for the gold
That lies beneath the land
And so here they come
With their banks and their guns
And an oil company man


Written by Shawn Nelson.
© 2011 Fonky Tonk Music (BMI)