[Spoken] Wrapped in a bloody sheet

The squalling brat is carried onto the balcony and shown to the people with a ringing of bells

And it was war

And it had a thousand fathers

Now there's blood on the streets again!

When the sun goes down,

You walk the streets

Live in shadows

Feel no peace

Lock the back doors

Close your eyes

You seen it all before

You know it's a sin

Say it's a sin!

People say it's the law

Who knows why

When the bullets fly

The beggars beg for more

(Chorus)

You know I'm walking to Babylon

Walking to Babylon (x3)

Talk black priest says:

Let us pray

Bad man comes for wicked ways

Take a firm hold

Steel your nerves

Don't listen anymore

You know it's a sin

Say it's sin!

People say it's the law

Who knows why when the bullets fly

The beggars beg for more

You know I'm walking to Babylon

Walking to Babylon (x3)

[Spoken] When the time had come she withdrew into her innermost chambers and surrounded herself with doctors and soothsayers

In the streets the people gathered from morning until night with empty stomachs

Then great Mabel vomited and it sounded like freedom

And she coughed and it sounded like justice

And there's blood on the streets again!