By the rivers of Babylon
There we sat down
Ye-eah we wept
When we remembered Zion
By the rivers of Babylon
There we sat down
Ye-eah we wept
When we remembered Zion
When the wicked
Carried us away
In captivity
Required from us a song
Now how shall we sing
The Lord's song
In a strange land?
When the wicked
Carried us away
In captivity
Requiering of us a song
Now how shall we sing
The Lord's song
In a strange land?
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
Let the words
Of our mouth
And the meditations
Of our heart
Be acceptable in thy sight
Here tonight
Let the words
Of our mouth
And the meditation
Of our hearts
Be acceptable in thy sight
Here tonight
By the rivers of Babylon
There we sat down
Ye-eah we wept
When we remembered Zion
By the rivers of Babylon
There we sat down
Ye-eah we wept
When we remembered Zion
By the rivers of Babylon
(Dark tears of Babylon)
There we sat down
(You got to sing a song)
Ye-eah we wept
(Sing a song of love)
When we remember Zion
(Yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah)
By the rivers of Babylon
(Rough bits of Babylon)
There we sat down
(You hear the people cry)
Ye-eah we wept
(They need their God)
When we remember Zion
(Ooh, have the power)
