Rivers of Babylon

By the rivers of Babylon

There we sat down

Yeah, eh, we wept

When we remembered Zion

By the rivers of Babylon

There we sat down

Yeah, eh, 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

Requiring of us a song

Now how shall we sing the Lord's song

In a strange land

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

Yeah, eh, 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)

Yeah, eh, we wept (sing a song of love)

When we remembered Zion (yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah)

By the rivers of Babylon (rough bits of Babylon)

There we sat down (you hear the people cry)

Yeah, eh we wept (they need their god)

When we remembered Zion