a cold,
wind
Blowing across this land
It chills our hearts and our
souls and our minds
And we do not understand
We had a dream
It was parts from mother to son
We tried to blow it from our lives
So we turned our backs to the
storm
And the light will soon be gone
Brother watch my back,
sister take my hand
We will walk through
Babylon
Such a sad, day
When your boat came into shore
Stole our trust,
taught us how to hate
Turned our mother into a whore
We were raised in fear
We were lepers in our
own land
Something held us together
It was stronger than death
But you would not under
stand
And the light will soon be gone
Brother watch my back,
sister take my hand
We will walk through
Babylon
Oh, and the light will
soon be gone
Brother watch my back, sister take my hand,
we will walk through
Babylon
An d the cry goes up,
an d the cry goes up
It goes up like a prayer on fire,
it goes up like a prayer on fire
Goes up like a prayer on fire
Goes up like a prayer on fire
We had a dream,
it was passed from mother to son
We tried to blow it from our lives,
so we turned our backs to the storm
Yeah, oh, ooh,
and the light was soon gone
Brother reach my back, sister take my hand,
we will walk through
Babylon
Oh, and the light will soon be gone
Brother reach my back, sister take my hand,
we will walk through
Babylon
Yeah, we will walk through
Babylon
Yeah, we will walk through
Babylon