By the rivers of babylon
There we sat down
Yeah we wept
When we remembered zion
By the rivers of babylon
There we sat down
Yeah we wept
When we remembered zion
Let the wicked carry us away
Captivity require from us a song
Now how shall we sing
The lord's song in a strange land
Let 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
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 we wept
When we remembered zion
By the rivers of babylon
There we sat down
Yeah 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 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
Yeah we wept
They need their god
When we remember zion
Ooh have the power
By the rivers of babylon
Oh yeah yeah yeah
There we sat down
Yeah we wept