Teacher's hands are overrun
I take the stage, I walk the planks
Clowns and gypsies all but gone
Can lead to madman oil drillers
I stand amidst the brown shirt ranks
I was trembling in a golden haze
We're all just followers from here on out
You make me wanna shine over Babylon
We'd float in our own reverie
There's nothing here for you to cry about
Won't be long before we all are killers
You make me wanna shine over Babylon
I found my way to Alexandria
The precipice is slipping further out
If there's a god, where is he now?
You make me wanna shine over Babylon
Sanskrit message from the mounts
Seal the gap between you and me
You make me wanna shine over Babylon
Cities drowning under boiling fountains
Scavengers, they run up and hand you
Great highways in a constant melt
You make me wanna shine over Babylon
Men and women and children all have overbuilt
The things that you can't seem to see
Freedom's etched on sacred pillars
Where gurus bubble up on ganja
If everything in life was free
Buying bread and paying for none
You make me wanna shine over Babylon
We celebrate the golden cow
Little boy lost way up the mountains
You make me wanna shine over Babylon
Leave your possession, hope abounds
Creatures of a waning sun
I dreamed of chilly, sunlit days
I wait for shouts from crazy cranks
All the junk that should have damned you
I sing these songs with little thanks
You make me wanna shine over Babylon
Praise the bloated bank account
Hollow stones on mindless filler
You make me wanna shine over Babylon
